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Below A Massive Dark Land

Naima Bock

Below A Massive Dark Land

Second solo album from the former Goat Girl was produced with Joe Jones, Jack Ogborne and Oliver Hamilton

ADM rating[?]

7.9

Label
Sub Pop
UK Release date
27/09/2024
US Release date
27/09/2024
  1. 9.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Below is an assured followup to debut Giant Palm, pushed to excellence by sensitive arrangements that build raw, personal lyrics into climaxes where every emotional nuance can be intimately shared by the listener
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  2. 8.1 |   Northern Transmissions

    The songs were started in a solitary fashion in her grandmother’s shed in South London, but the arrangements with an array of instruments, including trumpets, saxophones, violin, bright guitar and popping drums show that this is a communal affair
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  3. 8.0 |   All Music

    It's an active, engaging album from an artist whose travels ultimately brought her more knowledge of herself
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  4. 8.0 |   Clash

    A beautiful record dominated by fading light and ominous shadows, it could well be your perfect Autumn soundtrack
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  5. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Whether her anguish is existential or emotional is uncertain, but the song’s downbeat nature makes it an unusual album exit. What is abundantly clear is that Bock’s creative star is very much with her. Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   Mojo

    There’s a vulnerability and a very English kind of saudade to Below A Massive Dark Land, but also a sense of individual purpose. Print edition only

  7. 8.0 |   Far Out

    There are moments of incredible beauty here where things are simple and stunning, but even they become hard to hold onto as the album loses track of what makes it grea
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