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The Line Of Best Fit
Pang is a remarkable debut album assured of its legitimacy and brilliance, one that should be celebrated for its shimmering beauty and the success of its authorial intent
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9.0
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Clash
‘PANG’ marks the beginning of a new chapter and confirms its position as one of the most singular, captivating records of the year
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9.0
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Northern Transmissions
Pang proves that Caroline Polachek is closer to finding herself as an artist than she has ever been
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Tiny Mix Tapes
Polachek’s range, her penchant for leaving her gasps and deep breaths in her vocal tracks, her carefully thought-over phrasing — these tie Pang together into one very earwormy book of spells
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All Music
The opening "The Gate" is a shimmering flagship song that evokes a mythic sense of rebirth, as if Polachek is about to embark on a journey of discovery. It's that personal artistic voice cracking through the beautiful scrim of her conceptual artifice that makes Pang so compelling
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8.0
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The 405
Caroline Polachek turns her vibrant songwriting on her personal life on the irresistible PANG
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The FT
The singer sounds languid and self-composed on an album embedded with a hyper-busy, surreal pop aesthetic
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8.0
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Q
An unmitigated success. Print edition only
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Paste Magazine
The former Chairlift lead singer returns with an impressive pop record, her first to bear her name
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The Guardian
The ex-Chairlift singer gasps, yelps and croons through a well-written and melodious portrait of lust, romance and heartbreak
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NME
The Charlift singer has crystallised years of musical exploration (which included a Beyoncé co-write) into her innovative first solo record under her own name
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8.0
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Exclaim
It is great to see Caroline Polachek giving a go at being an independent pop artist, and this album makes it feasible that she one day becomes a household name in the genre
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Pitchfork
The former Chairlift singer-songwriter centers her sweeping solo debut on her powerful voice, crafting love songs about the moment of surrender, the pain preceding it, and the euphoria after
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The Observer
Pang – a great title, suggesting melancholy by means of an onomatopoeic jolt – offers a lush take on hyper-modern pop
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Sputnik Music (staff)
Airy and operatic and a little stagnant, the album cycles through its ethereal scenery with all the efficiency of a well-oiled machine
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