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MARISSA NADLER - Songs III: Bird On The Water
| PitchFork | | At first, Marissa Nadler's Songs III: Bird on the Water doesn't seem especially notable. It's a 12-track breakup album detailing Nadler's pervasive loneliness, her gentle finger-style guitar augmented with cello, percussion, mandolin, synthesizers, and electric guitars. Her voice is remarkable from the outset-- a sad, husky air that climbs to perfect grace notes with ease-- but by the time Nadler sings, "Oh my lonely diamond heart/ It misses you so well," 100 seconds into opener "Diamond Heart", you're pretty sure you've heard this one before....full text |
| | JunkMedia | | Songs III marks Nadler’s return to form as a very welcome new release with solid and thematically unwavering material. It comes as a sort of creepy comfort after the lo-fi recordings from her rarities release, Ivy and the Clovers....full text |
| | PrefixMag | | Marissa Nadler wasn't meant for these times, but we should be thankful for the chronological mix-up. Over the course of two low-key but well-received albums, Nadler has done her part to re-popularize the role of the balladeer. Instrumentally steeped in the American Gothic tradition, Nadler has a gift for writing intricate tales of another time, expressing sentiments and experiences seemingly well beyond her years....full text |
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