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The Greater Wings

Julie Byrne

The Greater Wings

Third album and first for six years from the New York-based singer-songwriter

ADM rating[?]

8.3

Label
Ghostly
UK Release date
07/07/2023
US Release date
07/07/2023
  1. 10.0 |   The Guardian

    Recorded both before and after the death of a friend and collaborator, the US singer-songwriter’s new album feels as though it sits outside time and space
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  2. 9.0 |   All Music

    After the album closes with a hushed piano ode to letting go ("Death Is the Diamond," one of a handful of songs here that evidence Byrne writing on piano for the first time), listeners can only hope that she doesn't go another six years between albums
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  3. 9.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    An intimate yet expansive masterpiece rooted in loss and grief
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  4. 9.0 |   Uncut

    Here are profound expressions of timeless love, nostalgic memories of relationships past, reflections on fulfillment, grief, desire, belonging and habitual non-belonging. Print edition only

  5. 9.0 |   Clash

    A stunning experience, shrouding loss in beauty
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  6. 8.5 |   Pitchfork

    Completed after the death of her producer, collaborator, and close friend, the New York singer-songwriter’s album envisions mourning as a form of meditative practice and constant renewal
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  7. 8.3 |   Beats Per Minute

    It’s a beautiful testament to life and to the people we love and that keep us going, physically and spiritually
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  8. 8.1 |   Paste Magazine

    The singer’s third album is beautiful and frequently sublime
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  9. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    A sonically patient, cinematic and hopeful record, The Greater Wings grabs you and pulls you down into Byrne’s slowly breathing world of all-encompassing grief
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  10. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Stands as both love letter and elegy and encompasses the deeply held emotions of both. Print edition only

  11. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    Her third album displays a fearless progression from her previous work, a leap forward linked to tragedy in Byrne’s own life
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  12. 8.0 |   The Arts Desk

    Julie Byrne is a folk-inclined singer-songwriter of rare intensity, and 'The Greater Wings' is even more potent than what came before
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  13. 8.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    On her spellbinding third album, Julie Byrne allows love, nature, life, death and memory to bleed together as a single entity in constant motion
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  14. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    New York based singer songwriter’s third album represents a career-best work that serves both as a tribute to and means of overcoming a life sadly gone
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  15. 7.6 |   Northern Transmissions

    The Greater Wings is easy listening that’ll innocuously cut deep with its heartbreaking revelations
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