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  • Summary: The debut full-length release from Melbourne, Australia indie folk band Folk Bitch Trio was recorded in New Zealand by producer Tom Healy.
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  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
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  1. 100
    By blending melody, harmony and palpable atmosphere, Folk Bitch Trio have created a masterful debut that lingers long after the final notes ring out.
  2. Jul 24, 2025
    90
    While the group's sound is timeless, their lyrics are often distinctly modern.
  3. Mojo
    Jul 24, 2025
    80
    An exquisite, arresting introduction. [Sep 2025, p.85]
  4. Uncut
    Jul 24, 2025
    80
    An a cappella "I'll Find A Way" provides clearest evidence, but their talents stretch beyond voices. [Sep 2025, p.31]
  5. Jul 24, 2025
    80
    Succinct yet packed with information, ‘Now Would Be A Good Time’ finds three musicians who are bold enough to let the pieces fall where they may. Folk Bitch Trio refuse to over-think the arrangements, and this lends their music an understated intensity.
  6. Aug 4, 2025
    70
    It’s a fair debut with memorable lyrics.
  7. Jul 24, 2025
    60
    Their fireside intimacy remains consistent throughout, despite candid storytelling, as they ask for respite in response to an intrusive sex dream on ‘Hotel TV’, and endure cyclical break-up-make-up tension on ‘The Actor’. And even in their more minimal arrangements - see ‘Moth Song’ and ‘I’ll Find A Way’ - the group transmute emotion through their harmonic unison.

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