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Writing of Blues and Yellows

Billie Marten

Writing of Blues and Yellows

Debut album from the North Yorkshire singer-songwriter nominated for the BBC Sound of 2016 award

ADM rating[?]

7.5

Label
Chess Club/RCA Victor
UK Release date
23/09/2016
US Release date
23/09/2016
  1. 8.4 |   Gig Soup

    This album is gorgeous. Thirteen carefully constructed songs that stretch far beyond her years
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  2. 8.0 |   The FT

    The atmospherically worked mood of introversion is all the more impressive considering Marten’s youth: she is 17
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  3. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    Marten fashions her own world of fragile darkness
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  4. 8.0 |   DIY

    Billie Marten’s debut reflects her experience of synesthesia, and ‘Writing of Blues and Yellows’ is a striking sensory experience
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  5. 8.0 |   Q

    A joy. Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    While Marten’s debut doesn’t reinvent the strummy/murmury wheel, its purity and grace make it worth investigating
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  7. 8.0 |   The 405

    Young Billie Marten is proving that, even at the age of 17, she is charting territories and making music that will only aid her growth
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  8. 7.0 |   Clash

    Mature, introspective songwriting from the 17 year old prodigy
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  9. 6.0 |   The Observer

    The blanket pretty melancholy gets suffocating. There’s surely better to come, though
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