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| n/a by www.courant.com |
As always, her uniquely sooty voice gives her the feeling of an old soul while lending levity to her darker songs. |
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| n/a by www.blender.com |
Retro-atmospherics guru M. Ward and grizzled guitar genius Marc Ribot leave their dusty fingerprints. Holland leaves behind a trail of her own. |
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| n/a by thephoenix.com |
In 'Your Big Hands,' she and her pals work up a rowdy roadhouse groove worthy of Car Wheels–era Lucinda Williams. And 'Mexico City' has ringing 60s-pop guitar twinkles that give her melancholy travelogue a welcome splash of whimsy. |
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| n/a by Popmatters |
Its a shade more rock and roll, an ounce more blunt, a great deal of fun, and it documents an increasingly confident artist wielding prime, unpretentious material. |
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| n/a by www.tinymixtapes.com |
While keeping the same mix of hushed beauty and spooky old-time feel, Holland seems much more direct and confident, a forwardness that risks losing some of the mystery, but instead ups the awe factor. |
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| n/a by Rolling Stone |
Holland has a soft spot for sad sacks --the ghost-faced junkie of 'Corrido por Buddy,' the lover who made her little heart a graveyard on 'Palmyra'--but her honeyed harmonies keep the mood from getting too gloomy. |
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| n/a by www.pastemagazine.com |
Hollands fourth--and perhaps best--album (featuring contributions from collaborator M. Ward and guitarist Marc Ribot) foregoes the smoky speakeasy atmosphere of 2006s Springtime Can Kill You for a more contemporary roots sound, which provides a more evocative backdrop for her signature vocals. |
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| n/a by www.boston.com |
The music--Holland co-produced the disc--is stripped to its essence but is often upbeat and graceful with cameos by guitarists M. Ward and Marc Ribot. |
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| n/a by www.lostatsea.net |
The good news is that the album is downright delightful. The bad news is that if you've followed Holland since her first release, you're probably not looking for an album that's merely consistent singer/songwriter fare: no, you want the highs and the lows. |
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| n/a by www.nowtoronto.com |
Her new disc is a sweet, infectious collection of alt-country that tackles broken hearts (Palmyra) and Jack Kerouac (Mexico City). |
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