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Dear Mark J Mulcahy, I Love You

Mark Mulcahy

Dear Mark J Mulcahy, I Love You

First album since 2005 from the Massachusetts alt.pop singer-songwriter who was the subject of a 2009 tribute album featuring Thom Yorke, Michael Stipe and The National

ADM rating[?]

7.4

Label
Fire
UK Release date
17/06/2013
  1. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    There won't be a mass audience, of course, and those who adore Mulcahy will once again wonder why
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  2. 8.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    After a few spins of this record, listeners will undoubtedly join me in saying, “What’s not to love?”
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  3. 8.0 |   Bowlegs

    A triumphant return
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  4. 8.0 |   Mojo

    May yet see him shrug off the "cult" tag. Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   Uncut

    An album of complex songs, simply arranged. Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    The songs here migrate from start to end with fun, finesse and a final question: how can Mulcahy turn what is familiar into a ‘how the heck did he do that’ look on your face?
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  7. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Mark J. Mulcahy fights against darkness with bright, wryly warbled folk-pop that can recall the Velvet Underground or Loudon Wainwright III or the post-REM college-rock Mulcahy made in Eighties band Miracle Legion
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  8. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    A particularly heartfelt and well rounded creation
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  9. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    Indicates that if any underground songwriter deserves a bigger audience and more mainstream recognition, it is Mark Mulcahy
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  10. 6.0 |   Q

    It's worth a warm welcome back. Print edition only


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