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10.0
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10.0 |
The Arts Desk
Fourth album crackles with intimacy and floors with its candour
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10.0
108617
10.0 |
The Guardian
An album that you sink into, which gradually envelops you: moving, painful and elating in equal measure
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9.0
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9.0 |
The Digital Fix
Another emotionally nuanced and seductive set of songs that will stand the test of time
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8.5
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8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Bill Ryder-Jones’ star continues to rise on the superb Yawn
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Skinny
Bill Ryder-Jones returns with an immersive, melancholic fourth solo-effort retaining the sincerity and intimacy that have characterised his post-Coral work
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8.0
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8.0 |
Q
It's a stunningly assured, deeply romantic and already one of the year's best. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
Mojo
Yawn is a sublime show of songwriting strength. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
Uncut
Yawn is chilly and languid, the 35-year-old's penchant for sudden bursts if guitar noise giving depth and colour tot the Cure-ish gloom around "Recover," "John" and "No One's Trying To Kill You". Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
musicOMH
It’s true that some degree of patience may be required to get the most out of Yawn. For those willing to invest that patience though, the rewards are vast: Yawn demonstrates just how well Ryder-Jones is evolving as a songwriter
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7.7
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7.7 |
Paste Magazine
Ryder-Jones is trying to put himself back together throughout the lines of Yawn, but his affecting songs, nostalgia-swathed observations and unabashed vulnerability will inadvertently help you heal too
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7.0
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7.0 |
All Music
Yawn has its moments of beauty and craft, but the payoffs are so subtle and slow to arrive that its title becomes the regrettably inevitable reaction
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7.0
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7.0 |
PopMatters
Bill Ryder-Jones creates a dynamic sonic landscape for a personal invitation and dialogue just on the precipice of sleep with his latest album, Yawn
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7.0
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7.0 |
Loud And Quiet
To be sure, ‘Yawn’ offers few surprises, but near the close of the record tracks like ‘Don’t Be Scared, I Love You’ land harder through the accumulated weight of the album behind it, locking you into its woozy, late night motorway melancholia
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7.0
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7.0 |
The Music
Sombre, quiet and reflective
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Irish Times
His performance can still be a bit flat and featureless to keep listeners regularly coming back to Yawn, but the Englishman’s songwriting and arrangements are more fascinating than before
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6.0
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6.0 |
Under The Radar
Most of the songs on the album clock in at over 5 minutes, so there is ample time to process the lyrics amidst the slow churning drudge of guitars and hazy background mists
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