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Marnie Stern

Marnie Stern

Marnie Stern

The New York noise rock guitarist and singer-songwriter with her third album

ADM rating[?]

7.3

Label
Kill Rock Stars
UK Release date
04/10/2010
  1. 10.0 |   The Guardian

    There's no end of forward-thinking fun here
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  2. 9.0 |   musicOMH

    It may only last 34 minutes, but by the end of the album you may feel emotionally drained and in need of a bit of a lie down
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  3. 8.5 |   Prefix

    One of the most fun albums of the year
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  4. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    By rendering her musicianship inseparable from the emotion behind it, Stern forces us to see beyond "the lady who shreds" to a whole, struggling person – one who's well worth getting to know
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  5. 8.0 |   Bowlegs

    Stern has zapped out a hi-energy album of noise-rock
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  6. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    If she feels she has less to prove, and less to say right now, then there’s still plenty to feel, and she’s more than deserved a chance to stop analysing and just express some joy
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  7. 8.0 |   Beats Per Minute

    With every release that tiny bit better than the last, let’s hope she continues letting her imagination run wild
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  8. 8.0 |   State

    Probably her most full-bodied piece of work yet
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  9. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    The sound of Marnie Stern breaking her own mold and growing into herself, be it personally or musically
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  10. 7.8 |   Pitchfork

    With this set of songs, she's proving that the bells and whistles of her style are less important than what she's trying to express
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  11. 7.5 |   The Observer

    Stern's dense, tumbling, ever-cresting sound has remained constant in the face of cleaner production
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  12. 7.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    A fine continuation of the songwriter’s canon. If anything, the album proves ... Stern must be regarded as that: a songwriter, not only a technical genius
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  13. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Big, sweeping guitar playing packed tightly into the framework of four-minute songs
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  14. 7.0 |   Blurt

    Balls-to-the-wall bass and drums, sizzling lead guitar and clean vocals
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  15. 7.0 |   NME

    Marnie's unique selling point is the sweetness and emotion with which she tempers her songs
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  16. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Marnie Stern is the sound of Marnie Stern, and no one else
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  17. 6.0 |   Mojo

    A strong statement from a musician whose confidence is soaring. Print edition only

  18. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Print edition only

  19. 2.0 |   The Digital Fix

    It’s an album that’s difficult for all the wrong reasons
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