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- Summary: The 18th release for the British singer-songwriter was produced by her husband, Nigel Stonier.
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- Record Label: Cooking Vinyl Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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| Are you lost Are you tired Is the road ahead unmade Are you worn Did the storm Tear up every stone you laid Are you alone Is your home Past the... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Jun 1, 2017Few singer-songwriters in the modern folk firmament are as eloquent and articulate as Oxford-born Gilmore, and The Counterweight can lay claim to being her most perfectly realised album since her 2003 breakthrough Avalanche.
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MojoJun 27, 2017There's a real poignancy to waltz-time close The War, which is partly a tribute to the late Labour politician Jo Cox, but Gilmore also houses rally calls amid floorfillers. [Aug 2017, p.96]
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Jun 1, 2017Tonally, she counters urgency with some tenderness, and her voice only seems to be getting better with time. It's a compelling entry in her catalog, one with a solid base of songs that will stand up to any nonsense.
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Jun 1, 2017On her best album in years, Thea Gilmore darts back and forth between sharp, intelligent pieces on dark themes--depression, loneliness, murder--and more positive songs about love and hope.
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Jun 1, 2017There are curve balls--Rise sounds like The Lighthouse Family (!); Leatherette like an outtake from Madonna's Ray of Light--but this is business as usual for Gilmore: great lyrics, good melodies and production chasing today's radio. But you can't help feeling there’s still a great album to come from her.
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