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U Kin B The Sun

Frazey Ford

U Kin B The Sun

Third solo album from the Canadian singer-songwriter who was a founding member of The Be Good Tanya

ADM rating[?]

7.9

Label
Arts & Crafts
UK Release date
07/02/2020
US Release date
07/02/2020
  1. 9.0 |   Uncut

    Call it an expansion rather than a reinvention - but it's a dramatic and rather dazzling one
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  2. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Ford still has a country rasp to her voice, but doesn't over-sing, and her method of expressing emotion is deft rather than melodramatic. she can build up power, too. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    The former Be Good Tanyas member develops her intimate version of southern soul – but fills it with strife from relationship breakdowns to gun issues
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  4. 8.0 |   The FT

    Vampy guitars meet psychedelic sounds in the singer-songwriter’s third solo release
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  5. 8.0 |   Q

    Her voice is magnetic enough to tilt the Earth's axis. Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    It's a slight sonic shift from the folk-roots of Ford's previous two records, and her work with the Be Good Tanyas, but a welcome one
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  7. 8.0 |   American Songwriter

    Nothing is rushed. Listeners should prepare to hunker down for 45 minutes to absorb the hypnotic and often mesmerizing U Kin B the Sun in a single, uninterrupted sitting where it hits the hardest
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