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10.0
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DIY
A record that deliberately reaches a little to the left of perfect
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10.0
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10.0 |
Dork
A record of love in its initial ravenous infatuated rumblings, and occasionally when it erupts into something bigger
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10.0
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PopMatters
Caroline Polachek dives into the contradictory crux of the human experience on Desire, I Want to Turn Into You, an album of breathtakingly original pop songs
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10.0
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10.0 |
The Skinny
Caroline Polachek stretches the boundaries of the surreal as she explores her desire for desire itself on her compelling new record
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9.2
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Paste Magazine
Polachek's sophomore effort centers on a need for closeness while pushing her sound into the stratosphere
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9.0
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Clash
Despite only being February, Caroline Polachek has set a serious precedent for any pop releases that follow it this year. She is an artist completely in her own lane, refusing to conform, every moment on this record a vicissitude. Her commitment to her craft is undeniable, her talent indisputable
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9.0
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9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Polachek does things on her second effort that most artists never dream of achieving. A clear mastermind at work, her brilliance is in every nook and cranny of each song
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9.0
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Exclaim
In its sensual world — at once humid and arid, shadowy and blinding, silky and jagged — you feel the endless, vividly destructive possibility of all-consuming desire
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9.0
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Under The Radar
Already a strong contender for the best pop album of 2023.
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8.8
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8.8 |
Spectrum Culture
Using a three-ring circus of sounds and voices, Polachek leaves no stone unturned on a mission to transcend common notions of desire
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8.7
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Pitchfork
Caroline Polachek’s best album of her career is a transformative pop experience, a passionate, richly melodic odyssey into the darkest corners of love
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8.6
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8.6 |
Beats Per Minute
Albums like this are rare and special, highlighting pop’s capacity to sculpt our emotions and steer us towards something better beyond the horizon
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8.5
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8.5 |
The Quietus
Inspired by the powerhouse vocalists and electropop of the 90s and early aughts, Caroline Polachek’s new head-spinning, life-affirming album creates a space for total abandon
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8.2
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8.2 |
Northern Transmissions
Whatever your level of needs or desires are, listening to Polachek’s latest should satiate you, elate you and make you feel like at least one other person in the world understands
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8.0
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8.0 |
The FT
Lust mingles with tender sentiments on this Valentine’s Day release
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8.0
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8.0 |
Rolling Stone
Her curious spirit, as well as her undeniable talent as a vocalist and arranger, make Desire, I Want To Turn Into You a kinetic example of what happens when pop sets out to transcend its own limits
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8.0
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The Observer
Defiant oddness meets fashion-forward appeal as this febrile US powerhouse launches her lush new album channelling female pleasure and multiple styles
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6.0
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Loud And Quiet
Desire is poised one minute, wobbly the next
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6.0
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No Ripcord
Take this six with the absolute massive boulder of salt I’ve been rolling up a hill of tens, and ignore it with my blessing
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6.0
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6.0 |
NME
The follow-up to 2019’s ‘Pang’ is hindered by a lengthy rollout, but Polachek’s sheer ambition is never in doubt
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