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Brightly Painted One

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Brightly Painted One

Second album from indie folk trio from Auckland, New Zealand fronted by singer-songwriter Hollie Fullbrook

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7.2

Label
Bella Union
UK Release date
28/04/2014
US Release date
06/05/2014
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  1. 8.0 |   All Music

    Sounds more like a loving tribute to a simpler, slower time and once decanted, the songs begin to take on a personality of their own
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  2. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Lovely, haunted folk. Impressive, beautifully poised stuff. Printed edition only

  3. 8.0 |   Q

    Having others to lean on in the big bad world brings the best out of Hollie Tillbrook. Printed edition only

  4. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    An album of quiet, devastating beauty
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  5. 7.0 |   The Music

    Convincing without being overly earnest, Brightly Painted One is acoustic folk-pop done with rare finesse
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  6. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    As brilliant as Fullbrook’s words often are, her unwaveringly sleepy delivery and the impossibly sparse accompaniments make fully appreciating them a fairly rigorous task.
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  7. 7.0 |   NME

    Holbrook's wavery trill falls somewhere between Laura Marling and Sandy Denny
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  8. 6.0 |   The 405

    Fullbrook's intelligent writing is the key to the band's future - it's far and away their most potent weapon
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