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9.0
30257
9.0 |
Clash
Everything here is gorgeously sung and this woozy, gently uplifting collection of songs is pretty close to perfect
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8.0
30290
8.0 |
The Scotsman
The record's head and heart are in Laurel Canyon, the hip hideaway for California's 70s rock hierarchy, who never sounded so good out of it
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8.0
30308
8.0 |
NME
Some of the most luxurious folk of the year
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8.0
30061
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Place Gentle Spirit in a musical identity parade alongside its vintage counterparts, and the album could easily pass off the as the thing it’s setting out to emulate: a long-lost early 70’s LA cosmic singer-songwriter double vinyl opus
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8.0
30112
8.0 |
NME
Astonishing debut. Print edition only
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8.0
30167
8.0 |
The Guardian
Beautiful and bewitching
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8.0
30187
8.0 |
The Independent
The further Wilson gets from his heroes, the better he gets
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8.0
30210
8.0 |
Independent on Sunday
The melodies barely move, sung by a voice as soft as mousse, while tempos seldom stir above a flip-flopped stroll
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8.0
29864
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Uncut
Reference-spotters, it more or less goes without saying, are going to have a high old time. Print edition only
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8.0
29865
8.0 |
Mojo
By being so dedicated to the past, Wilson has shaped a delicious future. Print edition only
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8.0
30452
8.0 |
BBC
Warm, wistful and golden-hued, coated in creamed harmonies – but also, crucially, alive
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8.0
34927
8.0 |
FasterLouder
There are some real gems to be found amongst this large box of sepia photographs with Wilson managing to craft something delicate, soft and ethereal- a real labour of love
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8.0
35609
8.0 |
Rave Magazine
A hazy blend of ‘70s-informed folk rock and gentle, liquid psychedelia
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7.0
31025
7.0 |
DIY
There is a certain pleasant charm to its laidback soft grooves
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7.0
30031
7.0 |
Bowlegs
Wilson's abundance of laid-back melody and thickly layered production distances him from the plain and ordinary
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6.0
30897
6.0 |
Q
Overflows with ideas, albeit ones mostly from circa 1972. Print edition only
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6.0
33520
6.0 |
Under The Radar
It's engaging stuff. It just outstays its welcome a bit
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6.0
33996
6.0 |
Blurt
It's nice to see that this forlorn balladeer has another forebear to turn to. In this case anyway, ambiance is everything
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6.0
30216
6.0 |
The Observer
This immersive double-length album is so languid that it might have its own gravitational field
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6.0
30420
6.0 |
The Irish Times
The songs on Gentle Spirit are quality, authentic items, full of sweet, hymnal acoustic guitar backing lyrical streams that touch on introspection and the nature of existence
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6.0
29863
6.0 |
musicOMH
Skates dangerously close to self indulgent pastiche yet contains some immaculately played gems that possess the definitive crackle of old school analogue tape sessions
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