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10.0
126439
10.0 |
Gigwise
Deeply Intricate , forever existential
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9.1
126407
9.1 |
A.V. Club
Ferocious and vulnerable in equal measure, the musician's nervy new album is one of the year's best
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9.0
126374
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Any Shape You Take is a record about heartbreak and despair. But it’s also more than that. It encompasses the extremes of human emotion, as De Souza shoots back and forth across the divide like a pendulum in full swing
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8.6
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8.6 |
Paste Magazine
The North Carolina songwriter’s heart overflows on her instrumentally and emotionally abundant second record
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8.3
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8.3 |
Pitchfork
The North Carolina songwriter’s outstanding second album spans grungy rock and colorful, hi-fi pop, illuminating her impressive voice and her ability to wring out every last drop of emotion
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8.2
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8.2 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
One thing you're sure to remember is the album's energy: frayed-wire nervous but busily excited, never fully revealing itself but brutally open-hearted, and no matter the genre, entirely unique
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8.1
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Beats Per Minute
There may be death, depression, heartbreak, sex, screams and swearing throughout, but they are momentary – what remains is De Souza’s tenderness and truthfulness
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8.0
126373
8.0 |
The Skinny
Any Shape You Take spans genres, from TikTok pop to grunge and lots in between – and Indigo De Souza commits to them all
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8.0
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8.0 |
Under The Radar
De Souza charges through Any Shape with an intensity that grabs you by the throat, squeezing out every drop of your humanity
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8.0
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8.0 |
Mojo
See-saws between manic joy and depressive darkness but never loses its sense of wit, grace or noise-dipped tunefulness. Print edition only
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8.0
126378
8.0 |
Uncut
De Souza's ability to balance the brute force of "Real Pain" and "Bad Dream" with something as sunny as "Hold U" is another reason to look forward to more of her shapeshifting. Print edition only
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8.0
126409
8.0 |
Clash
Rich in the emotional palette that it’s genre-free conveys, gathers together sentiments that may be familiar to many but haven’t been depicted in the vivid and complex methods explored here
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8.0
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8.0 |
Exclaim
That? ?sense? ?of? ?aliveness? ?is? ?the? ?crux? ?of? ?the? ??Any? ?Shape? ?You? ?Take?,? ?the? ?feeling? ?that? ?these? ?songs? ?— ?and? ?De? ?Souza? ?herself? ?— ?are? ?still? ?caught? ?in? ?the? ?vortex? ?of? ?transformation
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8.0
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8.0 |
NME
The North Carolinian's second album is as a masterful slice of grunge pop that digs deep into human connection and love
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8.0
126429
8.0 |
DIY
Simultaneously euphoric and angsty
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7.0
126376
7.0 |
Loud And Quiet
De Souza has entered a crowded field of artists influenced by ’90s grunge-pop, but in moving past the confines of a home studio to self-produce the record she’s already flexing her wings for fresh musical shapes
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