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Upper Air

Bowerbirds

Upper Air

Second album from the North Carolina alt.folk band

ADM rating[?]

6.8

Label
Dead Oceans
UK Release date
06/07/2009
  1. 9.0 |   NME

    You get the kind of lush musings that’ll soundtrack all the pivotal moments of your wayward summer romance. Blissful
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  2. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Print edition only

  4. 7.2 |   Pitchfork

    Nearly a carbon copy of its predecessor, Hymns for a Dark Horse... simply revel in the general loveliness of these 10 compositions, which utilize the debut's blueprints in the creation of sublime melodies, absorbing lyricism and delicate harmonic interplay
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  5. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    It might be a predictable record, but it’s an entrancing listen, an album that might coax Bowerbirds towards even bolder musical territory on their third release
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  6. 6.0 |   No Ripcord

    Ten pleasant songs about nothing much in particular, sung by vocalists of middling charisma. In that way it’s like most of what you hear in Indieworld, no better, no worse. People seem to like this kind of thing so maybe you will too
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  7. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    The duo's sound on their second album feels more contrived than organic. Upper Air does have its ethereal moments; mostly, though, its earnestness keeps it prosaically earthbound
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  8. 6.0 |   The Sunday Times

    On their first album, Phil Moore and the brilliantly named Beth Tacular sang principally about nature, but on this second album, they deal in more conventional singer-songwriterly matters
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  9. 6.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  10. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Upper Air is a decent enough record, but it’s not strong enough to be listened to without recalling other, similar but better records
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