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10.0
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The Sunday Times
Unquestionably, it’s hard going. Your reward? Clark’s second masterpiece.
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8.5
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Pitchfork
Her style is melodic and controlled, conjuring abrasive textures that nevertheless have a clean, meticulous quality that complements her immaculate arrangements as well as her characters' temperate demeanor.
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8.0
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Blender
Her second album is rowdier and less well-behaved, and thus better, although the template is the same: breathy coos and lush strings intermittently blown apart by distorted guitar blasts.
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8.0
267
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musicOMH
An unpredictable and addictive record which should cement St Vincent's burgeoning reputation as an unnaturally talented songwriter.
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8.0
276
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
For all the darkness of Actor's concerns, it remains an exceptionally pleasurable album to listen to.
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8.0
273
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The Irish Times
There’s no shortage of standout tracks on this strange, beguiling and brilliant work.
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8.0
269
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No Ripcord
A grand performance, and one whose stagecraft is the sole work of a brilliant ringmaster in Clark.
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7.0
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PopMatters
Clark’s ability to imbed the organic within the mechanized is what makes these songs distinctly hers, but she isn’t content to hide in the noise. She plays some of these songs are straight pop, and proves herself a stunning songwriter.
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7.0
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Rolling Stone
Beneath the plushness of her terrific second album there are drolleries, black humor, a cosmopolitan's jaundiced take on romance.
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6.0
268
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NME
Silky vocals, like a prog-pop Judy Garland, are a guiding light through mazes of Of Montreal-ish synth-weirdness and Flaming Lips-esque odysseys.
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6.0
274
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The Scotsman
The collection builds consistently on her offbeat creativity.
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6.0
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Observer Music Monthly
Those with the patience for deft songwriting willl want to wait for her.
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