Brigid Mae Power | ||||
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Released | 10 June 2016 | |||
Studio | The Sparkle, Woods, Oregon, United States | |||
Genre | Irish folk music | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Tompkins Square | |||
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Brigid Mae Power (album) is a 2016 studio album by Irish folk musician Brigid Mae Power. It has received positive reviews from critics.
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.4⁄10 (5 reviews) [1] |
Metacritic | 85⁄100 (5 reviews) [2] |
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Pitchfork Media | 7.5⁄10 [5] |
Editors at AnyDecentMusic? rated this album a 7.4 out of 10, based on five reviews. [1] Brigid Mae Power received positive reviews from critics noted at review aggregator Metacritic. It has a weighted average score of 85 out of 100, based on five reviews. [2]
Writing for The Irish Times , Joe Breen rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, writing that "working with Oregon-based performer Peter Broderick has liberated her, she said, and this sparse, spectral collection is the evidence". [3] Kitty Empire also gave a 4-star review for The Observer , writing that this album is "so full of feeling" and notes the powerful emotions in Power's lyrics. [4] Pitchfork Media's Laura Snapes called this album "a liminal space made up of droning guitars, metallic piano reverberations, and lyrics that trace some barely escaped threat" with "clear seriousness" and a "sense of newfound freedom". [5]
All songs written by Brigid Mae Power.
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