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Julien Baker & Torres
Send A Prayer My Way
As they reclaim the sounds of their roots on Send a Prayer My Way, Baker and Torres bring out the best in each others' music
All Music
Beirut
A Study Of Losses
A Study Of Losses is ultimately a pleasant (if sometimes monotonous) release. Print edition only
Record Collector
Beirut
A Study Of Losses
A further example of his fluency in the ancient, internationally shared languages of wonder and imagining. Print edition only
Uncut
Beirut
A Study Of Losses
What might be his [Zac Condon's] most beautiful record to date, particularly the instrumental numbers. Print edition only
Mojo
Beirut
A Study Of Losses
For Zach Condon to write music for a troupe of acrobats might seem a little too on the nose, given his roots. But the results are the most effortless and surprising Beirut album in ages
Pitchfork
Beirut
A Study Of Losses
As a whole, only one of the 18 tracks here crosses the four-minute mark, so A Study of Losses' hour-long playing time seems to go by quickly, and its unceasing sweetness and longing linger after Condon is "Left to be/A sea of tranquility" ("Mare Tranquillitatis") to close a lovely theater project
All Music
Beirut
A Study Of Losses
This album feels like that—beautiful, elusive, but almost too distant to truly mourn what once was
Northern Transmissions
Julien Baker & Torres
Send A Prayer My Way
The two singer-songwriters embrace their Southern roots for a country collaboration. Their folksy depictions of queer love are charming, but the album’s moments of humor and homage can fall flat
Pitchfork
Bon Iver
SABLE, fABLE
Even for those who may not be in the mood for all this peace and love, it’s hard not to read this album as a personal triumph
Under The Radar
Julien Baker & Torres
Send A Prayer My Way
Send a Prayer My Way sounds more like the twinkly, pastoral indie-folk Baker makes than the dramatic engaging bubblegum grunge Torres makes, but it’s still a step far enough away from either body of work that it hits you like a breath of fresh air
Spectrum Culture
Julien Baker & Torres
Send A Prayer My Way
A hooting and hollering good time
Sputnik Music (staff)
Julien Baker & Torres
Send A Prayer My Way
The two songwriters’ collaboration album is a refreshing exploration of new territory for them, even if it doesn’t always connect
NME
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