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8.5
33919
8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
This lovely new batch of songs represents a full realization of the rich and textured sound that Svanängen has been working towards this entire time
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8.0
33500
8.0 |
Mojo
This is charming. And uplifting. Happy-sad but impossibly soothing. Print edition only
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8.0
33631
8.0 |
The Guardian
It's as though each song represents the push and pull of a mismatched relationship – and, brilliantly, the final word goes to the woman, with Malin Stahlberg singing What Have I Become? in a voice crushed by defeat yet bright with defiance
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7.0
33705
7.0 |
AU Review
Sees Svanängen walk the tremulous tightrope between joy and melancholy, straddling the divide between the epic and the intimate
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7.0
33764
7.0 |
musicOMH
On first listen, Hall Music seems merely an inoffensive way to spend a half hour or so, there but not quite, background music that misses the mark. But it's also an album that builds, that takes root in the heart, and sweeps across the listener in waves
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7.0
33812
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Hall Music may prove without all doubt he’s not a man for a party, but you suspect Emil Svanangen doesn’t mind
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7.0
33891
7.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
A delight in the world of chamber pop.
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7.0
33484
7.0 |
BBC
Exquisitely poised melancholy
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7.0
33534
7.0 |
NME
A moving display of one man's myriad sorrows
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7.0
36048
7.0 |
Blurt
This music is big enough for a hall, but soft and heartfelt enough for the quietest corner
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6.7
33555
6.7 |
Pitchfork
Its tender, plainspoken songs are just as humble and heartfelt as anything Svanängen's done. But their unguarded sentiments sometimes shrink under the weight of their ornate arrangements
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6.4
33487
6.4 |
Beats Per Minute
This is an artist that certainly knows how to kick it in, but you spend most of your time waiting for it
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6.2
33485
6.2 |
Paste Magazine
A spare, politely hushed and flatly paced LP
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6.0
33494
6.0 |
Uncut
A seductively melancholy and unashamedly serious album. Print edition only
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6.0
33497
6.0 |
Q
Another helping of sweet melancholy. Print edition only
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6.0
33983
6.0 |
PopMatters
Hall Music‘s opener and closer offer the disc’s finest moments, but, aside from a couple stumbles, the disc maintains a strong sense of sound throughout
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5.0
33486
5.0 |
A.V. Club
With Hall Music, Svanangen has proven he can compose big arrangements, but he might not write big music
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