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How I Knew Her

Nataly Dawn

How I Knew Her

Debut label-backed singer-songwriter release from one half of YouTube indie pop sensation Pomplamoose

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6.3

Label
Nonesuch
UK Release date
11/02/2013
US Release date
08/02/2013
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  1. 8.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    For the most part it works well, provided you can live with Dawn's butter-wouldn't-melt ingenue phrasing and tone
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  2. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Striking artist, sharp operator. Print edition only

  3. 7.5 |   BBC

    Mercifully she’s not beholden to quirk and there’s a shark-eyed steel to her lyrics
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  4. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Throughout the record though, she combines sweet and tender vocals with unbridled energy to create something genuinely infectious
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  5. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    How I Knew Her is lacking a little in inventiveness at times, and some of its oddities will rub up people the wrong way but there are still plenty of great moments
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  6. 7.0 |   Uncut

    Dominated by her fine, Jolie Holland-style whimsical vocals. Print edition only

  7. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    It’s a haunting and sometimes convoluted narrative, but what Dawn lacks in clarity, she makes up for in sheer force
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  8. 6.0 |   Q

    Dinky jazz-pop that's old-fashioned fun on top but serious quality beneath. Print edition only

  9. 4.0 |   Spin

    What’s lacking is a single decent hook or anything remotely resembling fun
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  10. 3.0 |   PopMatters

    Repeated listening to this album is a worldly torment
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