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Under Branch & Thorn & Tree

Samantha Crain

Under Branch & Thorn & Tree

Fourth album from the Oklahoma Americana singer-songwriter

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Full Time Hobby
UK Release date
17/07/2015
US Release date
17/07/2015
  1. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    If life is made out of mostly small and unremarkable moments, then it’s to Crain’s credit that she paints word pictures so vividly
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  2. 8.0 |   The FT

    Focuses sharply on contingent lives spent on the margins
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  3. 8.0 |   The Observer

    The richness of Crain’s voice and the elegant simplicity of the musical arrangements bring drama to these stories
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  4. 8.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    Makes you thankful for heartache and despair, because if we didn’t have as much, she might not produce quite so many beautiful songs
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  5. 8.0 |   Uncut

    As with everything Crain does, the profound and the tragic is to be found in the tiniest detail
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  6. 7.5 |   The 405

    Its tales are unwound closer to the eye, handwritten letters rather than loudspeaker pronouncements
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  7. 7.0 |   NME

    Intimate country-folk that's utterly seductive in its stillness
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  8. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Her emotions weave through the music rather than overwhelm it
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  9. 4.0 |   Gig Soup

    Despite moments of quality, it has to be said that Under Branch & Thorn & Tree never really manages to be more than a serviceable folk album. Not awful by any means: just a little forgettable
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