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All Music
Listening to Bird Machine is a heartbreaking, uplifting experience - in other words, a perfect tribute to the way he moved so many people
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Sputnik Music (staff)
Even without the mournful context of its release, it’s one of the best indie albums of the year
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Beats Per Minute
Bird Machine gives us something we never thought possible: more time with Mark Linkous and the strange beauty he radiated
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Spectrum Culture
Even despite the knowledge of the tragic circumstances behind this album, Bird Machine instead expresses a poignancy that Mark had done well to incorporate into his work near the end
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The Skinny
Rarely had a posthumous release felt so emotionally fitting, so lovingly rendered; Bird Machine is a worthwhile coda to Mark Linkous’s legacy
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8.0
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musicOMH
A posthumous, emotional and evocative farewell to Mark Linous, one of the most missed songwriters of our age
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Mojo
While Linkous’s tendencies to smudge and collapse his songs are apparent – not least the atmospheric disturbance of antique hymn O Child – so too is his generosity of songwriting spirit, positioning the bleakest sentiments in dynamic, questioning music. Print edition only
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Pitchfork
In the year before he died, Mark Linkous hit the studio with Steve Albini. Fourteen years later, those unreleased sessions reveal a bittersweet cocktail of beauty and torment
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7.5
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Under The Radar
A strong album and never sounds as if it’s been pieced together posthumously
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