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9.8
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9.8 |
Northern Transmissions
This year has been a big year for inventive pop music with new albums from heavyweights such as Billie Eilish, Faye Webster and Charli XCX, and Clairo’s New album Charm is the icing on the cake
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9.0
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DIY
The intricacies of ‘Charm’ demand to be intimately known
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9.0
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9.0 |
Clash
Ultimately, ‘Charm’ still sounds like exemplary bedroom pop, but with gorgeous production and tons of vintage vignettes straight from Cottrill’s 45 collection, numbering around 60 to 70 records
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9.0
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PopMatters
By using a fleeting moment of attraction as its concept, Clairo’s ‘Charm’ surveys the damage love affairs, both long-lasting and short-lived, can inflict
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8.1
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8.1 |
Paste Magazine
With the help of producer and multi-instrumentalist Leon Michels, the 25-year-old singer-songwriter transitions into redemptive, vibrant action across 11 pop gems packed with frustration and intimacy
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8.0
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8.0 |
NME
On her third album, 25-year-old singer-songwriter Clairo leans into the world she started building on ‘Sling’, using it as a warm, inviting base to explore her longing from
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8.0
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8.0 |
Rolling Stone
While listeners won’t find Brat summer-esque anthems on Charm, the album is a soothing balm, providing an understated rush that’s ultimately just as impactful. What Clairo proves is that craft is paramount and she’s primed to become one of the most revered songwriters of her generation
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8.0
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Slant Magazine
The long game of the singer-songwriter’s creative arc comes into greater focus
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8.0
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The Guardian
Once known for lo-fi bedroom-pop introspection, the US songwriter embraces freedom to hit a breezy new high
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8.0
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The Quietus
The greatest achievement across Charm remains Cottrill’s execution of another large-scale reimagining of her desired sound
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8.0
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Dork
It’s Clairo at her most honest, her most sonically adventurous, and ultimately, her very best
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8.0
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Beats Per Minute
Clairo tiptoes around commonplace expressions of love to unearth often unspoken gestures simmering underneath
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7.5
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7.5 |
Under The Radar
After spending 40 minutes ruminating on the experience of charm, taking us through portals of dream, fantasy, and slight disillusion, we find kin to Clairo, whose relational experiences mirror our own
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7.5
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7.5 |
Pitchfork
Claire Cottrill’s third album sinks deeper into a soft-rock sound as her songwriting takes on an understated new confidence
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7.0
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7.0 |
Far Out
There is absolutely nothing wrong with Charm. It’s a gorgeous release and one that still proves Clairo’s talent and musical mind. But as it lacks a sense of fun and the variety that she used to command, it all fades to just being nice and not much more
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7.0
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7.0 |
Spectrum Culture
Clairo’s compositions are quietly creative enough to keep her from losing her voice in a world where pop artists are seemingly getting “back to their roots” with ultimately passable singer-songwriter records
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Skinny
Working alongside producer Leon Michels to create a mini-universe, Charm is a grower of an album, Clairo growing with it
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