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9.2
95809
9.2 |
Paste Magazine
Polished as it is, this album exists solely to celebrate the things Gonzalez loves, like oddball synth sounds and the various lineages of vintage electropop
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8.0
95883
8.0 |
The 405
Real High is a considered, mature statement for Nite Jewel
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8.0
95898
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
The overwhelming impression is that of authority; an artist at one with herself and her vision
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8.0
95959
8.0 |
God Is In The TV
Real High is a classic love album but with a very modern twist. Nite Jewel presents slick, sleek music. She is glacial in her candour
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8.0
96509
8.0 |
Mixmag
Her most personal and lyric-driven yet
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8.0
96730
8.0 |
Under The Radar
Real High is the best Nite Jewel record and most definitely one of the best of 2017 so far
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7.5
95818
7.5 |
Pitchfork
Her most focused work yet with many nods to new jack swing and Janet Jackson
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7.0
95808
7.0 |
Spectrum Culture
Ramona Gonzalez seems to have two main loves: pop-inflected R&B music and quirky synth sounds
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6.9
95810
6.9 |
Earbuddy
Gonzalez gives her songs a sultry, R&B pop backdrop. None of them are bangers. Most of the album is very down-tempo, sometimes minimal and reminiscent of Jessy Lanza’s work
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6.8
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6.8 |
Gig Soup
On her latest album, Nite Jewel balances honeyed, introspective bedroom pop with luminous 90s R&B
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6.0
95851
6.0 |
PopMatters
Further refining her sound and losing the murk that made her previous releases blog favorites, Real High finds Nite Jewel’s Ramona Gonzalez easing just that much closer to the mainstream
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