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Through The Night

Ren Harvieu

Through The Night

Debut full length release from the 21-year-old Salford singer, taking inspiration from 60s pop

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6.5

Label
Kid Gloves/Island
UK Release date
14/05/2012
US Release date
17/04/2012
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  1. 8.0 |   Daily Telegraph

    Pitched somewhere between easy-listening seductress and torch-song belter, her voice is soulful and dreamy with just a tang of something muskier in its sweetness
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  2. 8.0 |   BBC

    This decade-defying album delivers grand phalanxes of unashamedly huge, old-fashioned string and brass-laden arrangements, all in support of a singer whose pleasure centre-targeted melodies repeatedly do their nape hair-sensitising thing
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  3. 8.0 |   NME

    Retro fetishisms aside, this is an impeccable debut: two feet in the past and one open mouth pointing towards a very bright future
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  4. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    Dare it be said even, that Harvieu might be a future successor to Amy Winehouse? A voice to really go down in history. Perhaps. But one thing is sure, these songs hold an inner beauty that feels like it could live forever
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  5. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    What sets her apart from the Duffys of the world, though, is when she slows down and explores the dark-toned sensuality that make Forever in Blue and the title track undisputed highlights of a very promising album
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  6. 6.0 |   The Observer

    What should be dull is transformed into something irresistible, thanks to her simply faultless voice
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  7. 6.0 |   Evening Standard

    For all her vocal precision, aside from the shiversome Love Is a Melody there’s a curious lack of passion
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  8. 6.0 |   Q

    Harvieu's energy shows that nostalgia needn't chain you down. Print edition only

  9. 6.0 |   Uncut

    New UK retro-soul hope lacks edge. Print edition only

  10. 6.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    There is hope and no shortage of raw, if a-little-too-lushly orchestrated, talent
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  11. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    It’s a stylised affair, perfectly retro- fitted with sweeping strings and bulging brass
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  12. 6.0 |   State

    This an extremely accomplished debut, filled with intricate productions where not a note is wasted while the poetic lyrics leave Ren’s heart on the floor. There is however, the rookie mistake of too much too soon
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  13. 4.0 |   Mojo

    Harvieu's voice shows she's got potential, the material tends towards the bland and boring. Print edition only

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