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9.1
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9.1 |
Paste Magazine
Harding’s fifth album is just as peculiar as its predecessors — a minimalist, open-hearted jaunt through the twisty-turny annals of the Kiwi musician’s incomprehensible brain
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9.0
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9.0 |
Exclaim
A spellbinding listen, the high water mark of Harding's singular career
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9.0
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9.0 |
God Is In The TV
While Train On The Island may not be as self-contained as Designer, nor as immediately charming as Warm Chris, it gets under your skin just the same. Its peculiarly appealing aftertaste will keep you going back to peel off another layer. And another
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9.0
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9.0 |
Pitchfork
On her spellbinding fifth album, Aldous Harding steps closer than ever to the camera lens without coming into focus. It’s an oblique character study of herself, and the best album of her career so far
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8.6
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8.6 |
Northern Transmissions
By the time the album ends, what stays with you is not a single hook or concept. It is a mood that follows you for hours. The record makes you feel slower, more inward, more aware of the space between thoughts. It does not offer catharsis or closure. It offers companionship in uncertainty
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Guardian
Lyrics about naked owls and eating rocks might be irksome to some – but there’s no denying that the alt-rocker’s fifth album is beguiling, tightly written and richly melodic
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8.0
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8.0 |
DIY
A beautiful album that offers out tantalising strands begging to be put together
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8.0
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8.0 |
Hot Press
The album is rare in that it feels like it grows stronger as it progresses
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Skinny
Aldous Harding offers up more beautiful, inscrutable tales
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8.0
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8.0 |
Mojo
New Zealand enigma still keeps you guessing on transporting fifth album
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8.0
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8.0 |
Uncut
She is joined for the ride by a coterie of musicians well versed in shooting off in unexpected but satisfying directions, not least instinctive drummer Seb Rochford and Huw Evans, who has forged his own career as H Hawkline and one-time foil of Cate Le Bon
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Irish Times
If you appreciate music that’s in little hurry to be liked, she’s the acquired taste you’ve been looking for
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7.0
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7.0 |
Far Out
Reaffirms her well-earned reputation among the most individual voices in the modern folk scene, exemplifying the pulchritudinous, endlessly emotive nature of her vocals and marking some of her greatest songwriting triumphs thus far
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7.0
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7.0 |
musicOMH
New Zealander's fifth album refines her chamber-folk sound in enchanting and minimalist fashion
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6.5
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6.5 |
Under The Radar
By Train on the Island’s end, all you can ask yourself is, “How was the trip?” Not too long, not too varied, but with some interesting scenery nonetheless
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