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- Summary: The latest release for Montreal's Basia Bulat features 16 songs from her previous albums with new string quartet arrangements by Owen Pallett, Paul Frith, and Zou Zou Robidoux.
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- Record Label: Secret City Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Feb 25, 2022The orchestral arrangements provide fertile soil to highlight her strengths as a songwriter, allowing her bright, elegant melodies to bloom even wider than before.
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Feb 25, 2022Whether you prefer the orchestral versions of The Garden or the pop stylings of the originals is a matter of taste. Rather than pit the renditions against one another, they should be judged on their own merits. As with any garden, the endeavor requires patience, but the rewards are delectable.
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UncutFeb 25, 2022The graceful arrangements of Owen Pallett and the pristine production of Mark Lawson, both best known for their Arcade Fire connections, ensure that the results are lovely, while the gorgeous purity of Bulat's voice glides elegantly above it all. [Mar 2022, p.25]
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MojoFeb 25, 2022One or two numbers have too many twiddles; but then there's the waltz-like Are You In Love?, no longer a teen crush but adult, gently humorous and intoxicating. [Mar 2022, p.85]
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Mar 4, 2022Bulat's melodic, folk-leaning tendencies as a songwriter lend themselves well to this kind of makeover, one that adds a touch of elegance to nuanced vocal performances, if rarely improving upon the original recordings.