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9.0
112369
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Stonechild isn’t as much a revelation as it is an affirmation of the truth – a truth which the singer bears out across the album in fragments, inviting her listeners to construct a full picture for themselves
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8.0
112374
8.0 |
DIY
An exercise in top-level songwriting, stately and intelligent
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8.0
112351
8.0 |
God Is In The TV
What it is, is a beautiful record. Which is enough, in these ugly, bitter and twisted times
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8.0
112296
8.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Richly drawn, strong-willed record full of light and dark, sweetness and dryness, and gracefully broad multisensory intrigue
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8.0
112297
8.0 |
All Music
Poised and spacious, warm and inclusive, and highly provoked, Stonechild is another memorable addition to Hoop's discography
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8.0
112298
8.0 |
Mojo
The result is the right step forwards at the right momement. Print edition only
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8.0
112299
8.0 |
Uncut
John Parish's production of Hoop's delicate finger-picking adds to the sense of beautiful, bewitching isolation. Print edition only
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8.0
112300
8.0 |
Q
An album made for - and from - these times. Print edition only
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8.0
112306
8.0 |
The FT
The Californian bends the language of folk to her own ends on a richly rewarding album
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8.0
112308
8.0 |
The Irish Times
Hoop creates an enclosed world for the listener to inhabit and as achieved by the isolation touched upon on Shoulder Charge, she finds a shared feeling and creates a connection for us to latch onto
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8.0
112310
8.0 |
A.V. Club
Poised and spacious, warm and inclusive, and highly provoked, Stonechild is another memorable addition to Hoop's discography
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8.0
112318
8.0 |
Evening Standard
Hoop’s fingerpicked guitar is stage-centre, her vocals disarming and direct, but the main creative turn has been to dial down the kook and dial up the folk — to situate Hoop within a tradition rather than outside one
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8.0
112331
8.0 |
Under The Radar
Time and again, she shows us ever so gently what we all need to hear — the strands that isolate us can also connect us together
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7.7
112339
7.7 |
Pitchfork
With subtle electronic production tugging at the edges of her fingerpicked folk, the California singer-songwriter peers at the dark side of motherhood
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7.5
112767
7.5 |
Spectrum Culture
Jesca Hoop’s latest album acknowledges the brutality of life
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7.4
112412
7.4 |
Paste Magazine
Even with all its tales of tormented women, demented nursery rhymes and broken nations, “Empathy is contagious”
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