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10.0
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Daily Telegraph
It's intense, persuasive stuff. Print edition only
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9.6
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Sputnik Music (staff)
Benefit greatly from the heightened sense of clarity afforded by the more specious arrangements
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9.3
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9.3 |
Paste Magazine
Angel Olsen’s beautiful, sad and, ultimately, useful sophomore album, Burn Your Fire for No Witness is not something to be objective about.
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9.1
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9.1 |
Consequence Of Sound
It’s her honest lyrics that carry the album, with heartbreaking, insightful lines revealing themselves on each listen
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9.0
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9.0 |
The 405
It's a record that doesn't escape life but deconstructs and reconsiders its place within it
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9.0
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NME
Her first album recorded with a full band, though the resulting fuzzy glam swagger doesn't forsake her wise style
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9.0
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Art Rocker
Listening to this record feels like gorging yourself; I just wanted to consume it
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9.0
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Entertainment.ie
Everything that's good about rock music can be found etched in the pain and beauty of these gripping, compelling songs. Highly recommended
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8.5
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The Line Of Best Fit
Angel Olsen gently stuns all in earshot with a record equally exultant as it is despondent
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8.3
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Pitchfork
Burn Your Fire for No Witness conjures the past without ever imitating it, swirling its influences into something intimate, impressionistic and new
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8.3
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A.V. Club
There’s an inherent risk in a voice as powerful as Olsen’s. It’s a winning hand other singer-songwriters could easily overplay, pushing every song to histrionics, but even on an album as brash as Burn Your Fire, Olsen knows when to pull back
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8.0
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All Music
With Burn Your Fire for No Witness, Olsen expands in all directions, fully reaching the depth of expression hinted at on her last album
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8.0
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Independent on Sunday
Should thrust her centre stage. Print edition only
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8.0
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State
A simple but vulnerable and absolutely sublime album, if this lady doesn’t stir some emotion in you, then you’re probably the person she’s singing about
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8.0
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Under The Radar
She still sings prettily, and can prove it when doubted, but Olsen is more than willing to ugly it up so her songs can speak for themselves
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8.0
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The Digital Fix
The skill on show here is to make something personal and intimate into something accessible and exciting
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8.0
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The Quietus
Progression is a great thing to hear in any artist's work, and there's plenty of that to the largely excellent Burn Your Fire
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8.0
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DIY
Admitting that sometimes life will drag you down, it still manages to peer out to the other side, blistering sunlight shining straight through
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8.0
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Time Out
This is the sound of all manner of things – hearts, a career and occasionally (if you rub her up the wrong way) the world – catching fire
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8.0
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Evening Standard
She has a rather fine voice that hovers between the ethereal and the belting
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8.0
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The FT
Like its riddling title, Burn Your Fire for No Witness leaves us wanting to find out more
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8.0
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The Observer
Olsen's quaver holds your gaze, using her vibrato for effect, not whining or crumbling
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8.0
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Drowned In Sound
In spite of its gloomier mood, it’s a record every bit as spirited as Half Way Home, and possibly even more affecting
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8.0
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Q
Songs that can be stabled alongside both the unearthly fables of Red Apple Falls-era Smog and the off-grid confessionals of Cat Power. Print edition only
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8.0
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Uncut
She sets out to emotionally devastate herself in every song. Print edition only
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8.0
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Mojo
Olsen's imposing vocal range is now matched by a similarly expansive stylistic waterfront. Print edition only
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8.0
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The Guardian
Frankly, she could be singing The Birdy Song and it would sound sad. It would probably sound lovely, too
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8.0
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The Irish Times
An engrossing record
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8.0
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Slant Magazine
Strikes a careful balance between its lyrics' pointed self-criticism and the music's stoner atmospherics
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8.0
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Loud And Quiet
Exceptional fare throughout
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8.0
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The Skinny
An album of true beauty
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7.5
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Pretty Much Amazing
Angel Olsen deserves a larger audience. Check back in a week – I may still remember why
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7.0
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musicOMH
When Olsen does get it right – as she does on the gorgeous closer Windows – the results are remarkable
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7.0
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Spin
The good songs on Burn Your Fire for No Witness suggest Olsen is figuring out how to sound — how to resound, actually
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7.0
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Rolling Stone
It's a balanced album by a spirit who seems anything but
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