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- ↑ Solifuge review, Exclaim!
- ↑ Less Bells (ambient orchestrator Julie Carpenter) signs with Kranky, announces new album Solifuge. Tiny Mix Tapes, July 18, 2018.
- ↑ Solifuge review, Pop Matters
- ↑ Solifuge review, Echoes and Dust
- ↑ Behind the Music: Julie Carpenter, Less Bells. RTE, August 27, 2020.
- ↑ Mourning Jewelry review, Pop Matters