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- Summary: The latest full-length release for Weyes Blood is the second album of a planned trilogy of albums that began with 2019's Titanic Rising.
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- Record Label: Sub Pop
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 25 out of 25
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Mixed: 0 out of 25
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Negative: 0 out of 25
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Nov 18, 2022Like our planet, this album is a rare thing of wonder.
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Nov 16, 2022Musically, In the Darkness is perhaps her grandest, most elegant work to date—a perfect culmination of her past experimentalism and deep devotion to graceful melodies that lift from the deepest parts of the soul up to the heavens.
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Nov 18, 2022Her storytelling eye is sharp and her ear is honed to bring the most out of it melodically and instrumentally (with a tipped hat to Jonathan Rado’s excellent production). ... She is a torch bearer for our times.
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Nov 17, 2022There’s a little electronic noodling going on to remind us that, though Mering sounds supremely grounded, a part of her is still in exiled orbit around a damaged world. It’s soulful, and a little spooky.
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The WireDec 16, 2022Fans of retro-styled chamber pop should find the vibes here to be exquisite. That said, Mering cleverly balances the sumptuousness with a lyrical orientation that taps into a universal melancholy, cutting through the fog of nostalgia with a sober, contemporary sensibility. [Jan 2023, p.74]
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Nov 17, 2022A beautifully wrought pop record that grapples with the disquiet hanging over the globe.
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Nov 14, 2022Though rose-colored, its sentiments don’t feel cheap because Mering’s buttery vibrato and earnest vocal performance ably convey the necessity of accepting a lack of assurance about the future while embracing temporary comfort.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 15
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Mixed: 1 out of 15
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Negative: 0 out of 15
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Nov 18, 2022
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Nov 19, 2022I will just say one thing: Natalie Mering is an artist with a very high IQ.
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Jan 5, 2023Parecesse que estou levitando quando ouço os vocais queria morar nesse álbum por um tempo
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Nov 18, 2022Great album the vocals, instruments and the production are phenomenal lived up to my expectations highly recommend
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Aug 14, 2023
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Mar 15, 2023An album somewhat close to his previous work, but still good. It touched the depths of my heart so much.
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Nov 18, 2022
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