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My Method Actor

Nilüfer Yanya

My Method Actor

Fourth album of indie pop from the British-Turkish singer-songwriter produced by Wilma Archer

ADM rating[?]

8.1

Label
Ninja Tune
UK Release date
13/09/2024
US Release date
13/09/2024
  1. 9.1 |   Northern Transmissions

    An understated meditation on performance and emotional excavation, somehow manifest like the grandiose approach of cinema
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  2. 9.0 |   Under The Radar

    It’s at times both rapturous and somber. It is considered and genuinely moving. It spotlights the best aspects of Nilüfer Yanya’s creative techniques and allows them to build and blossom
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  3. 9.0 |   God Is In The TV

    With this release, Yanya steps confidently into the next chapter of her career, leaving no doubt that this is her best work to date
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  4. 8.5 |   Pitchfork

    On her third album, the UK singer-songwriter sounds relaxed, confident, unflappably cool, even in moments of conflict. The result is an album of everyday luxury, lush and unhurried
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  5. 8.0 |   Clash

    The London-based artist come into her own. Working exclusively with producer Wilma Archer on all eleven tracks on the album may just have been her saving grace
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  6. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Nilüfer Yanya's third album My Method Actor cements her status as one of most exciting voices of her generation
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  7. 8.0 |   DIY

    Brimming with curiosity and exploration
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  8. 8.0 |   Uncut

    For all the dark corners of her ever-changing self she avidly explores, the intrinsic brightness and irrepressible energies in her songwriting continue to enrich the experience of accompanying her. Print edition only

  9. 8.0 |   The FT

    The Londoner sings with murmured vocals about opaque scenarios in a thoughtful, interestingly cryptic new record
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  10. 8.0 |   All Music

    A soft-spoken, probing outing for Yanya, one whose dreamy web of acoustic instruments and electronic accents persistently allures while scrutinizing
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  11. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    An album of constant surprises in which to immerse, it confirms its creator as an exciting talent
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  12. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    With her latest album, Yanya finds an alternate promised land, spirited but with less of the abandon that might accompany a more Dionysian experience
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  13. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    My Method Actor proves the perfect companion for sitting with the uncertainty of whether one should move ahead or stay where one is
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  14. 8.0 |   NME

    The London singer-songwriter aimed not to dilute her music-making process on her third record. The results are her most absorbing listen yet
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  15. 8.0 |   Dork

    Throughout ‘My Method Actor’, Nilüfer’s songwriting is elevated by a production that accentuates her richly smooth vocals
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  16. 7.8 |   Spectrum Culture

    A spare, low-key and restrained work, My Method Actor carries a surprisingly effective warmth
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