The Two Worlds | ||||
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Released | 9 February 2018 | |||
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Genre | Irish folk music | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Tompkins Square | |||
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The Two Worlds is a 2018 studio album by Irish folk musician Brigid Mae Power. The album has received positive reviews from critics.
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.2⁄10 (6 reviews)[1] |
Metacritic | 82⁄100 (6 reviews)[2] |
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Source | Rating |
The Guardian | [3] |
The Irish Times | [4] |
The Line of Best Fit | 8⁄10[5] |
Pitchfork Media | 7.4⁄10[6] |
Record Collector | [7] |
Sputnikmusic | 4.0⁄5[8] |
Uncut | [9] |
Editors at AnyDecentMusic? rated this album a 7.2 out of 10, based on six reviews.[1] Brigid Mae Power received positive reviews from critics noted at review aggregator Metacritic. It has a weighted average score of 82 out of 100, based on six reviews.[2]
In The Guardian, Laura Snapes rated this release 4 out of 5 stars, characterizing the music as "steely songs about abuse and recovery" and calling it "less oblique" than 2016's self-titled album.[3] Dustin Van Nguyen of The Irish Times gave this album 3 out of 5 stars, writing that it "encapsulates a romantic vision of rustic, pastoral terrain" and that few musicians "can maintain either the chilly sense of isolation or epic sweep of Power's best numbers".[4] Janne Oinonen of The Line of Best Fit gave The Two Worlds 8 out of 10, stating that Peter Broderick "squeezes maximum atmospherics out of a sparse sonic palette and the unadorned melodies that carry Power's clear-eyed observations about the world around her and inside her".[5] Mother Jones' Jon Young favorably reviewed this release, ending that it "sticks with you long after it’s over".[10]
Sam Sodomsky rated this album 7.4 out of 10 for Pitchfork Media, calling it "a dizzyingly isolated album, music that gains momentum as it burrows deeper".[6] Record Collector's Mike Goldsmith gave The Two Worlds 4 out of 5 stars, calling it "so much better" than Powers' debut full-length, writing that it is "emotional and feminine, but now so much tougher and dark as hell".[7] Atari of Sputnikmusic calls this release "completely intimate" and "conjured up from the musician’s most isolated, profound moments".[8] Writing for Uncut, Michael Bonner gave The Two Worlds 4 out of 5 stars, praising Powers' ability to balance the personal and political, stating that "the two worlds co-exist beautifully here, the soft Power and the raw".[9]
All songs written by Brigid Mae Power.