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Marissa Nadler

Marissa Nadler

Marissa Nadler

Fifth album of dream pop from the Boston-based singer-songwriter

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7.4

Label
Box of Cedar
UK Release date
13/06/2011
US Release date
14/06/2011
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  1. 9.1 |   A.V. Club

    It presses on the chest and pulls at the soul in its own feathery, ethereal way
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  2. 9.0 |   musicOMH

    Although it may be downcast and sombre in places this cannot stop it from being a paradoxically engaging and uplifting listen
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  3. 9.0 |   Paste Magazine

    Marissa Nadler hints at larger tragedies and losses, implying an overarching break-up narrative that gives each song added force
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  4. 8.1 |   Beats Per Minute

    The sort of folk album that you’ll be returning to simply because it is so varied
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  5. 8.1 |   Pitchfork

    Yet another album of cold, stony truths about the ways we love, or fail to
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  6. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Deeply affecting
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  7. 8.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    As unsettling as it is full of warmth
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  8. 8.0 |   Blurt

    It is a dark record. But it's stridently, honestly dark, which is a beautiful thing
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  9. 8.0 |   No Ripcord

    Continue[s] Nadler's impressive track record, and showcases her at her most confident
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  10. 7.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Marissa Nadler still retains the ghostly inscrutability that has always kept the singer's insistent weepiness from sounding pathetic
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  11. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    Not only is it her most accomplished set to date, but it also shows more of her—her personality and honest feelings
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  12. 7.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    Pedestrian moments break the incantation of an otherwise stellar, face-on piece of work
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  13. 7.0 |   The Digital Fix

    There’s a certain magical facet to what Marissa Nadler does, and that’s what sets her apart from the crowd
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  14. 6.5 |   Bowlegs

    An accessible portal into her distinct, unnerving world
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  15. 6.0 |   Uncut

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  16. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    A good record with a couple of standout moments within it
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  17. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Sonically gorgeous, layered and pleasing to your hearing and thought
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