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10.0
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10.0 |
The Irish Times
An Album of the Year so early into 2014? You’d best believe it
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9.0
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9.0 |
Entertainment.ie
A record where every detail is curated, hand-picked, thought through and therefore the truest possible and most revealing glimpse at James Vincent McMorrow yet
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8.5
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8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
It’s grand and uplifting at moments, fragile and severe at others
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8.0
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8.0 |
Independent on Sunday
Sees him turning away from the folk-leanings to embrace his own brand of singer-songwriter soul
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Observer
His remarkable, soulful voice competes for space with electronic pulses and digital brass
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8.0
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8.0 |
Spin
Both chilly and warm, soulful and soft, Post Tropical is an intricate ice sculpture of an album
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8.0
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Mojo
A singular style that barely sounds as if it's from this world. Print edition only
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8.0
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State
This is a record which is sparse in instrumentation but far from empty, on first listen Post Tropical seems almost morose, however it is quite the opposite
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8.0
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8.0 |
musicOMH
The musical evolution McMorrow has shown on this record will hopefully expand his audience across genres
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8.0
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8.0 |
The 405
An absolutely delightful way to spend 41 minutes and one you most certainly will not regret
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8.0
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Paste Magazine
Written, produced and performed entirely by McMorrow, Post Tropical is a breakthrough for the Irish artist. Haunting and heartening, the record is a powerful follow-up, that feels like just the beginning.
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8.0
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All Music
Its well-crafted songwriting, enigmatic production, and arrangements, around McMorrow's gorgeous voice make Post Tropical a stunner start to finish
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8.0
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The Arts Desk
Post Tropical is a deeply romantic record...The effect is something intimate and strange, but completely enthralling
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8.0
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Clash
Its delicacy and sentimentality may strike a cheesy note on first listen, but ‘Post-Tropical’ is a definite grower
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8.0
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PopMatters
The comparison to Justin Vernon has been made before, and this second album highlights the similarities further
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7.1
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Pitchfork
With its deliberate, languorous pleasures, this is an album to live with, settle with and be crisply rejuvenated by
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7.0
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FasterLouder
With Justin Vernon putting Bon Iver on ice for now, McMorrow probably won’t be in darkness for much longer
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7.0
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Consequence Of Sound
Post Tropical is an intriguing and rewarding contribution to the alt R&B movement. He sounds at home more than ever before and utilizes his wide array of talents magnificently
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7.0
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7.0 |
Uncut
It works a treat. Print edition only
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7.0
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Slant Magazine
Post Tropical succeeds in proving that music is often at its most compelling when it can't be compared or reduced to much of anything at all
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6.0
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6.0 |
Art Rocker
The product of James Vincent McMorrow’s deliberate drift, shaking the indie-folk shackles off and venturing into uncharted “nu-wave R&B” territory
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6.0
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DIY
McMorrow has shaken off the folk singer with a guitar tag to give us an album pregnant with intrigue, creativity and diversity
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6.0
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Time Out
Positively oozes with the pleasure of its own making, the sense of a musician exploring new ground
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6.0
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The Guardian
Although he may want to join the likes of James Blake in the hybridised subgenres of indie, in truth, McMorrow's new direction is so sweetly sentimental it makes Alt-J sound like NWA
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6.0
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Evening Standard
When McMorrow reverts to the guitar ballads he’s forgettable — but there’s just enough oomph and ideas here to make him stand out from his acoustic contemporaries
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6.0
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Loud And Quiet
Aside from album opener “Cavalier” and the enigmatic ‘All Points’, the slightly uninspiring songs on ‘Post Tropical’ won’t rid him of the Vernon elephant-in-the –room any time soon
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