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Drawing Down the Moon

Azure Ray

Drawing Down the Moon

Fourth album from Athens, Georgia dream pop duo Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink

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6.0

Label
Saddle Creek
UK Release date
25/10/2010
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  1. 8.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    A record of majestic adult-orientated American pop
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  2. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    Listening to this record is something like meeting up with an old friend, one who hasn’t developed any bad habits or annoying quirks in the intervening years
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  3. 6.5 |   Pitchfork

    It sounds warmly familiar, a reminder of why we missed them in the first place
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  4. 6.0 |   Spin

    Drawing is occasionally eager and unstoppably pleasant, but just as often drifts as dazzles
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  5. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Administer in measured doses. Print edition only

  6. 6.0 |   Q

    Taken at one sitting these 12 songs err towards the one-paced. Print edition only

  7. 6.0 |   No Ripcord

    Azure Ray’s stark simplicity will always remain intact
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  8. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Marks a welcome return for Azure Ray, and makes for an oftentimes exquisite listening experience
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  9. 5.0 |   BBC

    Beneath an enchanting surface there’s not much to warrant being played over and over again
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  10. 5.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    The album is merely worth of the kind of limp-wristed praise of mediocrity, where nothing’s bad, everything’s OK, and it could all be so much more
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