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8.5
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8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
That sense of balance – the epic and the intimate, the light and the shade, the coldness and the warmth – that puts Taiga in contention with Stridulum II as Zola Jesus’ best work
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8.5
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8.5 |
The 405
This is what it sounds like when an artist matures, discovers a confidence they perhaps never knew they had, and return, revitalised
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8.0
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8.0 |
No Ripcord
This is not the sound of someone changing herself for success. Instead, Zola Jesus is crooking her finger, beckoning all of us to join her on the path up the mountain
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8.0
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The Music
Who would’ve thought one of the year’s finest pop records would come from these mighty lungs?
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8.0
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8.0 |
Under The Radar
That sense of discovery is palpable
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8.0
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DIY
A small slice of perfection
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8.0
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8.0 |
musicOMH
It is without doubt Zola Jesus’ most heartfelt utterance to date, the emotion coming from her very bones
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8.0
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8.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Mass-appeal and morbidity collide beautifully on ‘Ego’ and ‘Lawless’, with the latter’s post-chorus strings coming on like a laudably morose Carly Rae Jepsen
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7.5
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7.5 |
Pretty Much Amazing
The key difference between Taiga and Danilova’s back catalogue is in the vocals. It’s impossible to reverse-imagine the singing on this record into older Zola Jesus songs; the vocal approaches are just too different
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7.0
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7.0 |
NME
Gloomy as it is, there are some brilliant flashes of light to be found here
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7.0
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Exclaim
Taiga is peculiarly light on hooks and personality, forcing Danilova to fill many of those gaps in with glittering aural cosmetics
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7.0
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7.0 |
Clash
Swept with dark, crystalline grandeur, ‘Taiga’ traverses infectious electro-pop choruses by shrouding everything in a mutating orchestral cloak
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6.9
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6.9 |
Earbuddy
With a little more work, I’m sure Jesus is capable of creating a worthwhile pop-ish album, but I just don’t think Taiga is it
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6.0
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6.0 |
PopMatters
Taiga should see her prospects as a performer open up to an entirely new demographic
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6.0
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6.0 |
Paste Magazine
This record seems to be an attempt to step out from behind a veil, to be courageous, damn the consequences, and there’s a lot that I admire in the intention
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6.0
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6.0 |
Q
This foray from murky fringes into the mainstream deserves success. Print edition only
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5.9
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5.9 |
Pitchfork
Pop's never been that far of a reach for her, so what’s most frustrating about Taiga is how much more huge it could be
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5.8
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5.8 |
Consequence Of Sound
Zola Jesus has a firm grip on the magnificence her songs can accomplish. Without the threat of failure, though, that beauty runs too smooth
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5.0
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5.0 |
Drowned In Sound
In all it comes across as a wholly wasted opportunity that, with a few lessons in moderation and restraint, could have been something altogether more impressive
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