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NME
LA-based artist Natalie Mering cuts through this strange and isolating period of history with a subtle touch, carefully unearthing a scrap of hope in the process
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9.0
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No Ripcord
Mering has concocted a successor to Titanic Rising that any gambler worth their salt would have no doubt taken the under on
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Under The Radar
Perhaps her grandest, most elegant work to date—a perfect culmination of her past experimentalism and deep devotion to graceful melodies that lift from the deepest parts of the soul up to the heavens
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9.0
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Loud And Quiet
Mering has again enlisted Jonathan Rado as co-producer, and his maximalist, almost baroque approach mirrors the ambition of her philosophical songwriting
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9.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
Magnificently composed, Weyes Blood reaches out to cast your loneliness away
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Beats Per Minute
Her storytelling eye is sharp and her ear is honed to bring the most out of it melodically and instrumentally (with a tipped hat to Jonathan Rado’s excellent production)
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9.0
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Albumism
By creating an odd discrepancy between the sounds of one bygone era and the immediate problems of this one, Mering carves out a wide space for contemplation
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Pitchfork
Natalie Mering’s majestic fifth record is a dispatch from the center of catastrophe—an idiosyncratic set of love songs and secular hymns with lushly orchestral arrangements
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Rolling Stone
A beautifully wrought pop record that grapples with the disquiet hanging over the globe
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8.0
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The Independent
A beguiling blend of nostalgia and optimism
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The Guardian
Natalie Mering’s follow-up to the superb Titanic Rising sets 21st-century pessimism to one fantastic tune after another – and gently suggests this all may be deadpan humour
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Evening Standard
Her wonderful voice, and this stunning sound, can’t help but provide plenty of comfort
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All Music
Another step forward for Weyes Blood, building on the stunning sonic and emotional environments she tailored on Titanic Rising and using that lushness as a means of processing destabilized times
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Gigwise
A much needed take on the times
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The Skinny
Always emotionally direct, Natalie Mering lets us in once more on And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow, the second album in a trilogy
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8.0
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DIY
It may be dark, but Weyes Blood is still aglow
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8.0
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Northern Transmissions
Her fifth album comes as the second instalment of a trilogy that includes its predecessor, 2019’s Titanic Rising. Whereas Titanic Rising anticipated the onset of doom, And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow finds her swimming in its deep dark waters
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8.0
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Record Collector
Over the course of the album, Mering makes the personal universal by expressing the need for human connection in the wake of prolonged isolation
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God Is In The TV
Produced like its predecessor alongside Foxygen’s Jonathan Rado, lyrics are expressed by Natalie Mering’s invariably coherent harmonizing over her brand of ecclesiastical and arty piano folk, with touches of the cinematically unsettling
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Spectrum Culture
You can criticize it for not doing much to innovate on what Mering accomplished on Titanic Rising, but all that matters is that it’s every bit as elegantly crafted as its predecessor
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Paste Magazine
Beautiful baroque-pop songs, elegantly arranged and patiently delivered, with her compelling alto voice front and center
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7.0
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musicOMH
Natalie Mering’s fifth album is a compelling and beautifully told tale of coming out of the darkness
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Slant Magazine
Though And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow frequently harks back to Americana and folk forms, Mering injects the album’s 10 songs with contemporary flourishes
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The Irish Times
Mering throws a few curveballs in the mix: God Turn Me Into a Flower’s meditative, hymnal quality perhaps reflects her strict religious upbringing, but the cumbersome synthpop of Twin Flame seems misplaced
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The Arts Desk
The best material has something of deconstructed country music about it
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