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10.0
102151
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Q
Remy has taken on today's biggest topic and made it sparkle. Print edition only
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10.0
102331
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The Skinny
With In a Poem Unlimited, Meghan Remy's U.S. Girls have created a timeless gem of an album that is about as powerful as pop music can be
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10.0
102578
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NOW
Remy is at her most confident as a writer and singer on Poem, and, by working with others, she’s created the fullest realization of U.S. Girls yet
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9.0
102579
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Clash
This is exemplary, political pop music executed to near perfection
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9.0
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Tiny Mix Tapes
A U.S. Girls song is still a phenomenon whose sustenance amasses on you gradually, like basking in an unexpected ray of emerging sunlight
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9.0
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No Ripcord
As activist hashtags #MeToo and #TimesUp bear weight and stage heavy resistance against a significant and still increasing population of men with power, Remy’s words prop up the cause, not quite providing the movement its anthem(s), but certainly offering its reason(s) why
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9.0
102144
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Exclaim
Remy balances the darkness with a rich, playful palette of synth textures, vibrant disco timbres and funk rhythms that variously evoke Isaac Hayes, Donna Summer, Curtis Mayfield and David Bowie's Young Americans/Station to Station era
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9.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
Remy and her co-conspirators have truly set the bar for great records in 2018, by drawing from the best elements of nocturnal power from bygone eras
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8.6
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Pitchfork
Meg Remy is a narrative savant and her glorious, danceable new album is a righteous collection of razor-sharp songs, full of spit and fury, a high-water mark for political pop music
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8.0
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8.0 |
NME
Meg Remy's fabulous new album is an alt-pop call to arms
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8.0
102142
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God Is In The TV
A marvellous release that really pushes her poetry to unlimited boundaries
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8.0
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The 405
This is the most rewarding album from the project yet, as it only seems to unfold further and further as you delve deeper and keep replaying
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8.0
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PopMatters
Her melodramatics are in the service of the material. We may be living in hell. Women in particular may be living in a worse hell than men. But as John Paul Sartre taught us long ago, hell is other people
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8.0
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Under The Radar
Overall, In a Poem Unlimited continues Remy's upward trajectory on the way to becoming one of the defining figures in alternative pop music and unleashes some new talents that feel fresh and showcase an artist at the top of her game
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8.0
102204
8.0 |
All Music
It's U.S. Girls' most immediate collection to date
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8.0
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The Guardian
It’s protest music in the guise of joyous, life-affirming pop
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7.8
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7.8 |
Earbuddy
Protest music that doesn’t sound anything like protest music
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7.8
102202
7.8 |
Paste Magazine
She’s traded in the samples for a live band and left behind the Ronettes for the hedonistic sounds of disco and the 70s club scene
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7.0
102152
7.0 |
Uncut
A fairly ravishing listen that brings to life to Remy's Cindy Sherman-style identity politics. Print edition only
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7.0
102143
7.0 |
Loud And Quiet
This is deep pop — sincere yet witty, offering reflections on violence and power set to a dizzying-mash up of vintage-inspired grooves
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7.0
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Drowned In Sound
She has been building towards In A Poem Unlimited, and she has arrived here at exactly the right time
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7.0
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Spectrum Culture
A rollicking blend of ‘70s rock, disco, pop and soul
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6.0
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DIY
For a dark protest record, ‘In a Poem Unlimited’ is instantly danceable
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