| Julie Byrne with Laugh Cry Laugh | ||||
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| Released | 2023 | |||
| Length | 11:19 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Ghostly International | |||
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Julie Byrne with Laugh Cry Laugh is a 2023 extended play from American singer-songwriter Julie Byrne. The album has received positive reviews from critics. [1]
Andrew Sacher of BrooklynVegan included this among the notable releases of the week and wrote that "each song shows off a different side of Julie’s gorgeously somber sound", continuing that the album includes several genres, such as minimalist ambient pop, folk, sophisti-pop, and electro-acoustic. [2] Writing for Spill Magazine, Ljubinko Zivkovic rated this album 9 out of 10, considering it "outstanding" and a great companion to" Byrne's full-length The Greater Wings , released several months earlier, as both have "excellent songwriting, a beautiful voice, and a penchant for arrangements to match". [3] Marc Abbott of Under the Radar rated this album 8 out of 10 stars, calling it "quite possibly the perfect early Christmas present" for being "as sublime as it is subliminal". [4]
Paste ranked this the 24th best EP of the year and critic Madelyn Dawson called it "a perfect end-cap to what The Greater Wings accomplished earlier this year", which "solidifies that this was, without a doubt, Julie Byrne’s year". [5]
Julie Byrne with Laugh Cry Laugh
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