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10.0
126044
10.0 |
The Arts Desk
Where previously her records sounded like explorations of styles, this feels 100% like she has found her sound
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9.0
126043
9.0 |
All Music
With Heart-Shaped Scars, she's found a home in sparse and spooky folk. Possibly not something one could have predicted when she first arrived on the scene with One Dove, but something that is satisfying and true all the same
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8.0
126094
8.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Allison’s comeback is gracefully restrained, intimate and intriguing, ideal for after-hours drifting, even if one’s clubbing days are gone
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8.0
126047
8.0 |
Mojo
While Heart-Shaped Scars might not be the first flowering of such wistful folk mysteries, it still brings in a good harvest. Print edition only
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7.0
126045
7.0 |
PopMatters
For Heart-Shaped Scars, it’s all beautiful, gossamer strings and hushed vocals with the kind of confessional singer-songwriter lyrics that make for an intimate listen, at once chilly and warm
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6.9
126087
6.9 |
Pitchfork
With a tendency to drift, the Scottish songwriter’s first solo record in almost a decade is a quiet, graceful collection of autumnal folk music
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6.0
126046
6.0 |
Uncut
Classy but underpowered. Print edition only
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