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Aug 11, 2016With nary a crack across the entire album, Bonar’s weaving of multiple indie rock subgenres--alt-country, dream pop, punk--is tight as it gets, yet she and her band consistently retain an air of restlessness across the album.
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MagnetAug 11, 2016Bonar sings with a bright pop voice that creates a startling contrast to her dark, disturbing tales. [No. 134, p.55]
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Q MagazineAug 4, 2016This is a wonderful record--involving and irresistible. [Sep 2016, p.105]
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MojoAug 4, 2016[A] fine and discerningly lean album. [Sep 2016, p.93]
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Aug 4, 2016A set of songs that stick and hold up to repeat plays.
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Aug 4, 2016Occasionally the sound can get a bit monochromatic. But co-producer/multi-instrumentalist Jacob Hanson keeps Bonar’s voice--similar to that of Britta Phillips--up front. And these songs are so powerfully melodic, it’s difficult not to get swept into the world of an artist who is more than ready for her time in the spotlight.
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UncutAug 5, 2016Fairly conventional, but done with plenty of panache and alluring bad-girl swagger. [Sep 2016, p.69]
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Aug 4, 2016Another brisk half-hour of barbed power-pop tunes that sting so sweetly that it’s only after the fact you consider you might need a tetanus shot.
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Aug 4, 2016Impossible Dream undoubtedly boasts the kind of bright melodies, satisfying hooks and nice turns of phrase that can worm their way into your psyche. Whether Bonar’s songs are distinctive enough to leave a mark there, though, is not quite so certain.
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Aug 4, 2016The issues she covers are complex at times--“Called You Queen” recounts a problematic period partnering a gay man, “before your body betrayed you”--but “Blue Diamond Falls” closes the album on a positive note, affirming feminist possibilities that “you can be whatever you like”.