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Flock

Jane Weaver

Flock

Latest full-length album of dream pop from the Liverpool-born singer-songwriter and former member of Kill Laura and Misty Dixon

ADM rating[?]

7.9

Label
Fire
UK Release date
05/03/2021
US Release date
05/03/2021
  1. 10.0 |   PopMatters

    A virtuosic tour de force
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  2. 9.0 |   Uncut

    A fabulous treat. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   Mojo

    What connects these songs is Weaver's unearthly voice. Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    Having earned a cult audience for her psychedelia, Weaver makes her version of a pop record, where Kylie-level hooks are set against hallucinatory backings
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  5. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    The house that Jane built is filled with mysteries and strange reversals
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  6. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    Avid listeners have known all long just how funky, playful and revolutionary she’s been, a genuine musical magpie
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  7. 8.0 |   The FT

    A languid but catchy new album promises to add to the singer’s belated recognition
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  8. 8.0 |   All Music

    Flock is the work of a daring artist, a crafty writer and performer, and someone who is always worth following to see what kind of great things she might do in the future
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  9. 8.0 |   Under The Radar

    An album that will almost certainly feature heavily in the upper echelons of 2021's end of year lists
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  10. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    Flock is a dizzying mix of glossy progressive pop; channelling sounds reminiscent of everyone and everything from Prince to Stereolab to dreampop pioneers such as Lush and My Bloody Valentine
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  11. 8.0 |   Clash

    Jane Weaver has produced what could rank as a career-best project. The best part is, though, that the elastic creativity which drives ‘Flock’ suggests that much more may lie ahead
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  12. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    The infectious results practically demand listeners to, well, flock to this underappreciated songwriter, musician and producer
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  13. 8.0 |   The Arts Desk

    Flock’ is Jane Weaver’s most varied, most vigorous album to date
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  14. 8.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    For all its retro stylings, Flock is a record which is invested in the production of a better future
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  15. 8.0 |   Record Collector

    The best is saved for last. Solarised is a brilliant piece of distorted disco, its swirling, indelible chorus railing against destiny in the face of romantic hope. Again, it’s conceivably the work of a mega-selling contemporary pop artist
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  16. 7.5 |   Spectrum Culture

    Though Flock tends to make the typical sacrifice of originality for accessibility, Jane Weaver pulls off the synth pop styles she’s going for with swagger, occasionally reaching epic heights
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  17. 6.0 |   God Is In The TV

    At its best moments though (‘Flock’, ‘Solarised’, ‘Modern Reputation’) it has all of the magic and thrill of Jane Weaver’s top work
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