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  • Summary: The third full-length solo release for the singer-songwriter was produced with Matthew Twaites.
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  1. May 6, 2019
    80
    No doubt, whatever present clouds may threaten to darken Dougall's door, our able time traveller can always make a clean getaway--and we the willing passengers can always expect a pleasant journey, even when the future seems uncertain.
  2. May 6, 2019
    80
    There is great life and verve in these songs, teeming, irrepressible. Listen closely and you can hear the record breathing.
  3. May 6, 2019
    80
    Her weightier songwriting and expansive production make A New Illusion the match of Stellular and something more rewarding on an emotional level.
  4. Uncut
    May 6, 2019
    80
    She's at her most persuasive, however, on the delicate waltz of the piano-led "Too Much Of Not Enough," a shimmering showcase for one of the most alluring and arresting female voices at work today. [May 2019, p.27]
  5. Q Magazine
    May 6, 2019
    60
    It's remarkably poised, a level gaze that could give a little more away. [May 2019, p.111]
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