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King Con

Alex Winston

King Con

Debut album from the Detroit-based indie pop singer-songwriter labelled as "America's Florence"

ADM rating[?]

6.1

Label
V2
UK Release date
05/03/2012
US Release date
10/04/2012
  1. 8.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    For people who claim they like “good pop music”, this is it
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  2. 7.4 |   Pitchfork

    Her songs are undeniably poppy and well-produced but reject the ice-cream gloss or ambiguity of many other contemporary pop artists. Instead there's a homespun feel here, and the layered production is stuffed with detail and component parts
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  3. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    Whatever the preferred genre or status quo, Winston would be critically and commercially accepted regardless. All in, it's a rousing and eye-opening full-length debut
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  4. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    She executes concepts with such passion and flare that they are not only convincing, but uncomfortable in the way projects of substance often are. It’s damn smart and it’s damn catchy
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  5. 7.0 |   DIY

    A perfect album to waste away sunny days with. Even in the rain, it’s the album to add sparkle and cheer to any day
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  6. 7.0 |   Rave Magazine

    Winston’s talent as a singer/songwriter is unarguably solidified as she traverses disenfranchised lyrics through soulful melodies and complex musical arrangements
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  7. 6.0 |   Q

    Has enough kooky charm to entertain if not enchant. Print edition only

  8. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Essentially a pop record full of catchy melodies. Print edition only

  9. 5.0 |   NME

    The music clasps at the sprawling and elemental and her vocals have a Joanna Newsom tickle to them, but it feels too affected to be truly effecting
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  10. 4.0 |   BBC

    Flimsily constructed and devoid of imagination
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  11. 4.0 |   State

    Never as ‘freaky’ as she wants it to sound, and not as catchy as Lily Allen or Florence
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