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18 April 2024

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The Innocents

Weyes Blood

The Innocents

Second album of folk / electronica from ex-Jackie-O Motherfucker member Natalie Mering

ADM rating[?]: 7.7
Label: Mexican Summer
UK Release date: 20/10/2014
US Release date: 21/10/2014

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9.0 70625
9.0 | All Music

It's a stellar record, one that captivates both the heart and the imagination with an almost imperceptible grip
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8.0 70628
8.0 | Tiny Mix Tapes

If you think you’ve heard songs more successful at melodrama and heavy mood than “Bad Magic” or more successful at the naked, perennial mode of “pure beauty” than “Requiem For Forgiveness,” I want you to forget them, because you are kidding yourself
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8.0 70629
8.0 | Uncut

A masterclass in spooked melancholia. Print edition only
8.0 70758
8.0 | Loud And Quiet

The pastoral sounds of medieval instruments float atop bubbling brews of electronics, tape effects and sound collages, to brilliantly disorientating effect
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7.9 70627
7.9 | Earbuddy

Requires a lot of attention, and like most attention-requiring albums, it can become tiring. Mering does so much in each song, with such little repetition, it can be difficult for the listener to truly settle in and get comfortable
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7.7 70774
7.7 | Pitchfork

These finely wrought songs introduce a fascinating and confidently subversive artist and offers a glimpse of the road she’s traveling
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7.5 70626
7.5 | Consequence Of Sound

Earthy melodrama for catacombs that deserves to be heard above ground
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7.0 70809
7.0 | PopMatters

Bleeds plenty of transcendental tunery, smart secrets and Weyes’ words to unearth a rich reward for the curious
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