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Dreaming in the Dark Image
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76

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  • Summary: The Los Angles-based New Zealand-born artist worked with Jorge Elbrecht on her fourth full-length release.
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. 80
    Stylistically it continues the sounds explored on Cranekiss, perfectly fusing moody dreampop with massive pop choruses, although the monochrome of her earlier material still lurks darkly during proceedings, she splatters the pallet with sprightly moments of pop sensibility in a campy pop gothic stew.
  2. May 6, 2019
    80
    As Dreaming in the Dark's songs confront pain and choose love in empowering--and sometimes uncomfortable--ways, they reveal Tamaryn as a mature, fully formed artist.
  3. May 6, 2019
    70
    It’s a good album. ... It’s a lusher, synthy, melodramatically gothy version of Tamaryn’s sound. More Soft Cell, less Chapterhouse.
  4. May 6, 2019
    65
    The album tends to get bleached from velvety black to matte beige, all its chrome spikes sanded down to meet public school safety regulations.