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Beulah

John Paul White

Beulah

Second solo album from the former member of The Civil Wars and first since their acrimonious split

ADM rating[?]

6.7

Label
Single Lock
UK Release date
19/08/2016
US Release date
19/08/2016
  1. 8.0 |   The Independent

    A strangely subdued portrait of emotional turmoil, couched in Southern folk and country modes
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  2. 8.0 |   Mojo

    His voice is parched, so the songs, many acoustic and trailing brutal honesty, speak clearly enough to grip you in their gnarled fist. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   Q

    He's at his best on the doom-laden What's So, where guitars clang like church bells as White Broods over soul-selling and eternal damnation. Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   The Digital Fix

    Thematically it’s relentlessly bleak, but a genuinely thrilling set of ten tracks from a singer songwriter in full flow
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  5. 7.0 |   All Music

    It's chock-full seductive, attractive melodies and sweet singing, but its lyrics are searing enough in their emotional and spiritual honesty, that they cut to the bone
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  6. 7.0 |   American Songwriter

    If Beulah is any indication, John Paul White sounds best when he’s making music on precisely his own terms
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  7. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Some of it is a little too cosy and overly earnest. Print edition only

  8. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Beulah is at its best when a little of the lyrical darkness bleeds into the sound
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  9. 6.0 |   Evening Standard

    It’s not clear who he’s singing about here, but if you’re looking for bitterness, there’s plenty
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  10. 4.0 |   The FT

    Beulah marshals its feelings of anger into proficient but unaffecting southern roots-rock
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