-
9.0
107500
9.0 |
Uncut
It's an invitation to peer into the hidden spaces of an extraordinary modern songwriter, where calm and quiet moments prompt superlative work. Print edition only
-
9.0
107794
9.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Lenker is an incredible talent, and the fact that she is still relatively young is a pretty exciting prospect when she’s this consistently great
Read Review
-
8.5
107575
8.5 |
Paste Magazine
Lenker has proved herself to be one of the most captivating songwriters, not just in indie-folk, but of the present day. Providing newfound comfort and warm familiarity, abysskiss is a record that will quickly find its way into your heart and slowly caress your soul
Read Review
-
8.0
107591
8.0 |
Under The Radar
By the time the consistently pleasing play comes to an end, you're thoroughly settled into the environs she has spun. Even when some songs leave you thinking there's a better, fuller version out there, abysskiss coalesces around its imperfections
Read Review
-
8.0
107650
8.0 |
The 405
The perpetual motion of her moods is woven into the very fabric of the delicate but powerful abysskiss. Although the lyrics are often abstract, they document the personal travails of these times, and she described the completion of the album by saying “another skin is being shed." All of this speaks to Adrianne Lenker’s preternatural gift (practically a necessity) for songwriting, and the way that she devotes body and mind to her music
Read Review
-
8.0
107677
8.0 |
Pitchfork
The latest album from the Big Thief singer evokes a singular, solitary chill. With a great imagination for melody, Lenker conjures a world of mingled trauma and love
Read Review
-
8.0
107516
8.0 |
DIY
Her stories worm their way into your consciousness immediately
Read Review
-
8.0
107520
8.0 |
All Music
Across the record, Lenker covers big emotions and small moments, noticing horse tails, eyelashes, and silences. The immediacy of the performances has the effect of eavesdropping on a late-night living room lament
Read Review
-
8.0
107494
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
In ten aptly small songs Adrianne evokes our ability to vanish at the feet of nature, creating a black hole all of her own that’s both comforting and suffocating
Read Review
-
8.0
107495
8.0 |
The Skinny
Big Thief's Adrianne Lenker is restless, inquisitive and haunting on abysskiss, her first solo effort in four years
Read Review
-
8.0
107496
8.0 |
Loud And Quiet
It lacks the knockout blow of Big Thief, but undoubtedly affirms Lenker’s status as one of today’s vital songwriters
Read Review
-
7.8
107683
7.8 |
Earbuddy
There’s no theatrics, and these songs don’t feel performed as much as they feel conjured out of Lenker’s spirit. Sure that feels pretentious, but it’s hard to hear these songs and think of Lenker fooling around with one section’s chorus, or the timing of a guitar part
Read Review
-
7.0
107499
7.0 |
American Songwriter
Lenker’s latest feels like a stopgap moment, a documentation of a songwriter working through her endless future artistic directions at the very peak of her ability
Read Review
-
7.0
107497
7.0 |
The Music
A sense of mystery and wonder that draws the listener into her intimate world of song
Read Review
-
7.0
107515
7.0 |
Exclaim
abysskiss continues to keep Lenker's songwriting hot streak going — more than enough to tide us over until the next Big Thief record
Read Review
-
6.0
107498
6.0 |
NME
Big Thief singer Adrianne Lenker returns with this melancholy solo project, a raw, vulnerable, confessional record
Read Review
-