Upon first listen it seems as though Joanna Newsom has gained a lot of confidence since Milk Eyed Mender. That confidence gave way to an album of five tracks, all more than seven minutes long (with the finale hitting sixteen). There are moments in which everything clicks and it is sublime like only Joanna could deliver, but there are others when it just seems like she's whining into the microphone which makes for a very uneven album and its no wonder it has gotten such little press since being released.
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Haha! You're kidding about it not getting a lot of press, right? FYI:
http://music.guardian.co.uk/pop/reviews/story/0,,1937689,00.html
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article1949039.ece
http://www.nme.com/reviews/joanna-newsom/8070
http://music.guardian.co.uk/classical/reviews/story/0,,1920538,00.html
http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/joanna-newsom/ys.htm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/11/04/nosplit/bmpop04.xml#jn
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14932-2430030.html
http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/joanna_newsom/reviews/8992
And guess what: the damn record hasn't even come out in the US yet!
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