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9.0
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Gigwise
A warm-blooded manifesto for the agony and awe of being alive
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9.0
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9.0 |
Clash
‘To Love Is To Live’ is a sonic poltergeist with sentiment to boot
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9.0
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9.0 |
PopMatters
Jehnny Beth's (Savages) solo debut To Love Is to Live feels like a really good book. Each track gives you a deeper dive into a complex and multifaceted, destructive character
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8.1
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8.1 |
Northern Transmissions
Though sounding quite unlike the stark, inky chaos of Savages’ guitar-based songbook, To Love is to Live at times abounds with an equally menacing fervour
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8.0
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8.0 |
DIY
The rich sonic palette and Jehnny’s steely delivery ultimately win out
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Music
'To Love Is To Live' is challenging, but compelling
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8.0
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8.0 |
Rolling Stone
The Savages frontwoman explores electronic sounds and stream-of-consciousness self-analysis for a dark, compelling listen
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Independent
To Love is to Live is a compelling and real cinematic picture of the emotions that life throws at us. It’s a journey you will want to relive
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Guardian
Moving between vulnerability and aggression, Beth’s album contains multitudes, from sex to cinematic washes, ballads to thrash, released with a collection of erotic stories
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8.0
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All Music
To Love Is to Live is an unabashedly, thrillingly wild ride, and as Beth throws everything she has at her audience, she fully reveals the multitudes she contains
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8.0
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8.0 |
musicOMH
Beth is perhaps still figuring out her identity, and this comes across not just in the words but also in the music, which veers from sub-bass and punk to gentler, more ambient sounds
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8.0
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8.0 |
Under The Radar
It would be churlish to suggest that Savages lacked subtly or employed noise as a blunt instrument, but her solo work reveals Beth to be an artist who can convey a range of emotions in a far more nuanced way
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8.0
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8.0 |
NME
The French punk traverses industrial rock and cinematic sounds to bare her soul like never before, refusing to flinch from the difficult questions
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8.0
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8.0 |
God Is In The TV
Rock music like this is increasingly short supply – ambitious and emotionally unselfconscious, vulnerable and tender while not being afraid to bear its teeth. You’ll struggle to find a more virtuously cathartic record released this year
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8.0
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XS Noize
If your looking for a “good time” summer recording, then keep walking but if you are looking for deeper meaning and understanding To Love is To Live is a record worthy of your consideration
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7.8
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Beats Per Minute
Shows her chameleonic abilities as a vocalist, as she’s working with different styles and productions yet still sounding urgent. Many of these could provide a template for her solo work in the future, but given how unpredictable she has been to this point, you wouldn’t dare second guess her
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7.7
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Pitchfork
With livewire intensity, the Savages singer-songwriter’s ambitious and experimental solo album explodes with life from every corner as an epic display of contrasting themes and emotion
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7.0
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7.0 |
Exclaim
It's a slightly scattered record, but one fuelled by an invigorating conviction and helmed by an artist with the gravitational pull to make it all align
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7.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
A disorientating record for dark times
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6.5
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6.5 |
Spectrum Culture
Beth strives for that human connection on this album
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Observer
The Savages frontwoman goes solo with an accompanying erotic short story collection
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6.0
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6.0 |
The FT
The Savages singer channels the ferocity of her band in her solo debut with uneven results
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Arts Desk
This solo debut softens the carapace of her English persona to ponder innocence and rustic roots
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