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Terra Incognita

Juliette Lewis

Terra Incognita

Following two albums with garage band the Licks, this first solo outing marks a step forward

ADM rating[?]

5.8

Label
Roadrunner
UK Release date
01/09/2009
  1. 8.0 |   The Times

    ...the heart of Uam is Fowlis’s diamond-cut Gaelic timbre... the results sound not so much written as excavated from the Hebridean terrain where she grew up
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  2. 7.0 |   The Observer

    Derivative or not, she's discovered a more varied tone, ranging from the woozily psychedelic (""Romeo"") to the feverishly gothic (""Noche Sin Fin""), and melodies to match her raspingly alluring vocals
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  3. 7.0 |   NME

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  4. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    The tracks themselves have more than enough variety to hold the attention with the dreamy psychedelia of Romeo contrasted with the gothic Noche Sin Fin. But some of the more conceptual tracks aren't quite up there
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  5. 6.0 |   Uncut

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  6. 6.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    A frazzled and bluesy beast, which finds Lewis hollering in the hope of hitting the Janis Joplin mark and falling only slightly short. Not bad for someone who believes we're all reincarnated aliens
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  7. 6.0 |   Mojo

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  8. 5.0 |   Under The Radar

    The record includes all the glitchy, hard-rocking riffs and punchy drumbeats one would expect from any set produced by The Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez Lopez
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  9. 5.0 |   Rolling Stone

    A competent angst-belter who knows how to imitate singers she likes, from Courtney Love to Kim Carnes — even if her Janis Joplin is too close to 30 Rock for comfort
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  10. 4.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  11. 4.0 |   The Sunday Times

    Structurally and tonally, songs such as Romeo, All Is for Good and the wonderful Ghosts hint at the murky depths of Bat for Lashes and the prickliness of Siouxsie and the Banshees; more often, though, a generic, formulaic bombast blasts both song and listener into submission
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