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The Meetings of the Waters
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  • Summary: The fifth full-length release for the Irish singer-songwriter was co-produced with Philip Tennant and Dave Granshaw.
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Ferns, they will bend And the moon, it will send Slide down your collar Your bones, they will mend I know they will All quarried out But not [?] of... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Mojo
    Apr 13, 2017
    80
    There's peace and a wild purity to it. [May 2017, p.92]
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  2. The Guardian
    Apr 13, 2017
    80
    His first album for five years is still a folk record at heart, but one swathed in electronic orchestrations.
  3. Q Magazine
    Apr 13, 2017
    80
    This is a very welcome return of a singular talent. [Jun 2017, p.112]
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  4. Uncut
    Apr 13, 2017
    70
    The expansively layered arrangements here are a testament to a bolder ambition than the acoustic troubadour shtick that once defined him. [May 2017, p.37]
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  5. Magnet
    May 18, 2017
    70
    What an odd, creakily compelling record this is. [No. 142, p.59]
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  6. Under The Radar
    May 25, 2017
    60
    While some of these experiments don't work--the riotous "Babushka-Yai Ya" is messy and, ultimately, skippable and "Euphoria" lacks any exultation--others cast Regan in a new light.

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  1. Ricko
    Feb 8, 2018
    8
    I've been a big Fionn Regan fan since his debut back in 2006. On the strength of that particular record, I've always anticipated and boughtI've been a big Fionn Regan fan since his debut back in 2006. On the strength of that particular record, I've always anticipated and bought his releases. He's never quite matched "The End of History"in terms of strength but the type of character Regan is, it's unlikely he's ever consciously tried to match it. "The Meetings of the Waters" comes as close as anything else he's prdouced. I really liked this album when it came out in Spring 2017. It's three quarters of a great album, more anthemic than his past work and a fuller sound than most of what has gone before. He pulls this bigger band sound off well. Lyrically and melodically it is mostly magic. Opening tracks "The Meeting of the Waters", "Cormorant Bird" along with "Cape of Diamonds" and "Up Into The Rafters" stand out. There is of course at least a quarter of the album that falls down, never more so than the 10 minute plus ambient/electronica loop track at the end. I'm all for pushing the envelope etc but this is a 20 second section put on loop 50 or 60 times to close the album. There is a shorter version in the middle of the album which works fine as an interlude but the lengthy version tacked on to what is otherwise a great folk/rock album kind of wrecks it a bit.… Expand

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