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CHRISTINA ROSENVINGE - Continental 62
| TinyMixTapes | | There exists something both elusive and timeless in Christina Rosenvinge’s trim yet evocative songs, which is made manifest in the subtle complexity of her intricate and memorable arrangements. Her third full-length on Smells Like Records, Continental 62, finds Rosenvinge once again joined by Lee Ranaldo on guitar, and is held together by a potent rhythm section that includes masterful drumming by Steve Shelley....full text |
| | PitchFork | | The Madrid/New York-based musician Christina Rosenvinge's third (mostly) English-language LP is a mixed bag: On about half of the songs, her blend of loungey art-rock and mannered, Nico-esque vocals is inventively alluring; on the other half, it's pleasant enough but roundly unmemorable. To understand why a musician as talented as Rosenvinge, who has a knack for evocative ice-melt arrangements and striking textural vocals, would squander that talent on some of the non-events that pepper this album, we might look to her origins. ...full text |
| | Treble | | Christina Rosenvinge, a Spanish-born Danish-blooded singer-songwriter, has a penchant for the exotic and the mysterious. Her songwriting style is dark and alluring, like the soundtrack to a French noir film, the delicate minor-key melodies almost demanding a thick layer of fog in a foreign airfield, or a pair of eyes peering over sunglasses in a passing black cab....full text |
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