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CAPRISONGS

FKA Twigs

CAPRISONGS

Third album of trip hop / alternative R&B from the London-based singer and dancer Tahliah Barnett is a mixtape featuring guest appearances from the Weeknd, Shygirl, Dystopia, Rema, Daniel Caesar, Jorja Smith and Unknown T

ADM rating[?]

7.7

Label
Young / Atlantic
UK Release date
14/01/2022
US Release date
14/01/2022
  1. 8.3 |   Beats Per Minute

    As sultry and sublime as twigs continues to prove herself to be, it’s the songs where she pushes past the pain and brandishes her inner strength and light that stand out the most
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  2. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    CAPRISONGS is stitched together by recordings of twigs' friends, who are unveiled to be a significant force (if not the most) driving her latest transformation
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  3. 8.0 |   Vinyl Chapters

    Within her signature sound, FKA Twigs always leaves room for growth and experimentation of other genres, whether that be the up-tempo sugariness of pamplemousse or the sunshiney dancehall of papi bones
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  4. 8.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    This might be the most that Twigs has ever enjoyed herself in the studio
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  5. 8.0 |   Under The Radar

    If MAGDALENE was an encapsulation of FKA twigs’ internal storm, CAPRISONGS is the sunrise after the fact, brilliant and vibrant as ever
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  6. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    Caprisongs is light on its feet and more accessible than her tricksier electronic work but, whether she’s delivering dancehall, hip-house, afrobeat or drill, almost all of these are songs which could have only have been made by twigs
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  7. 8.0 |   Rolling Stone

    The U.K. avant-pop star fights trauma and darkness with the most buoyant music of her career
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  8. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    Tahliah Barnett is enjoying her time in the sun on this new mixtape - and who can blame her?
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  9. 8.0 |   The Independent

    Given time and careful attention, this new mixtape unfurls to reveal the richest and catchiest melodies twigs has written so far
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  10. 8.0 |   The FT

    The UK singer uses the mixtape format to deliver songs with a looser, lighter feel
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  11. 8.0 |   NME

    After the emotional toll of making 2019's ‘Magdalene’ this varied collection shows a new side to the once unattainable star
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  12. 8.0 |   The Music

    The left-field singer makes a bid for the mainstream with hook-centric pop that centres on self-knowledge not trauma
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  13. 7.9 |   Paste Magazine

    The British singer trades in fragility for strength on her latest and most collaborative project
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  14. 7.8 |   Pitchfork

    The singer’s new mixtape is a playful and adventurous flex, full of errant, shapeshifting compositions that flirt with choral music and Afrobeats, schoolyard chants and squeak-rapping
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  15. 7.4 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    Small blemishes aside, CAPRISONGS is cool, calm, composed, and immediately apparent
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  16. 7.0 |   Clash

    'CAPRISONGS' is a necessarily selfish project, and one which invites listeners to revel in all its joys and sorrows
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  17. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    FKA twigs expands her collection of calling cards on the dreamily constructed Caprisongs mixtape
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  18. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Darkness turns to light in Tahliah Barnett’s follow-up to 2019 LP Magdalene but, even so, it’s an adventurous but undercharged effort missing hooks and cohesion
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