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Miracle Temple

Mount Moriah

Miracle Temple

Second collection of folk and country songs from the North Carolina band led by Heather McEntire (Bellafea) and Jenks Miller (Horseback)

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7.2

Label
Merge
UK Release date
18/03/2013
US Release date
26/02/2013
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  1. 8.1 |   Paste Magazine

    As they shift toward more traditional, soulful sounds and bigger arrangements, they pull it off wonderfully and build firmly upon what they’ve already done
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  2. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    Miracle Temple will remind you of genre names, of Country and Soul and tags like alt- and neo-, but it’s none of those things. It’s a brilliant new sound from a new band that’s just getting started
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  3. 8.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    Proper, stop-you-in-your-tracks talent with the occasional song to match
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  4. 8.0 |   NME

    A welcome addition to the alternative reaches of the genre
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  5. 8.0 |   All Music

    Miracle Temple is gorgeous. Its songs contain poignancy, pathos, pain, and desire inside gritty yet artfully played Southern gothic rock & roll
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  6. 7.8 |   Pitchfork

    The rest of the band obviously knows that McEntire is the showpiece
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  7. 7.0 |   The 405

    This is clearly a labour of love for the contributors, and the final product is resolutely genuine
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  8. 7.0 |   Blurt

    With the ambitious Miracle Temple , Mount Moriah puts its own powerful stamp on a music that's faithkeeping in more than one sense
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  9. 7.0 |   Spin

    For an album whose most apparent traits are simplicity and broadness, Miracle Temple's best moments are pretty idiosyncratic
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  10. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    No matter how soft and elegant the music, McEntire and Mount Moriah are illustrating the gritty reality of the “New South” without the bias of the past
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  11. 6.8 |   Beats Per Minute

    McEntire spends Miracle Temple feeding off times past as well as travelling, even if it is within the confines of her own state, North Carolina
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  12. 6.7 |   A.V. Club

    Even the occasional sleepy moment can’t obscure the album’s sincerity and heart, and Mount Moriah’s status as a band with substantial things to say
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  13. 6.0 |   Q

    Country-folk with a Godly twist. Print edition only

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