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- Summary: The latest full-length release from British singer-songwriter Laura Marling was recorded at home and co-produced with Dom Monks.
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- Record Label: Chrysalis Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Oct 25, 2024Everything about this album suggests someone at peace, from the tone of voice to the smoothness of sound and transparency of lyrics. It strikes me as Marling’s least ambitious yet most satisfying album, as if she has stopped trying to write self-consciously great songs and yet they still arrive, smaller but perfectly formed.
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Oct 25, 2024Patterns in Repeat considers weighty topics – heritage, lineage and what we pass down – and strips them down to small understandings and wisdoms. It’s an extraordinarily tender accomplishment.
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Oct 25, 2024It’s a record that celebrates motherhood as an expansion of creativity, rather than the stifling of it that she had expected.
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Oct 24, 2024While her sound has been softened, Marling’s conviction remains sharp. .... The album also offers a level of first-person access we don’t always get from Marling.
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Oct 24, 2024There’s a whole history in these songs. There’s also a certain honesty, plainer here than in Marling’s more ornate work.
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Oct 23, 2024In flickers of keenly inquisitive intelligence and lambent beauty, Patterns In Repeat puts any fears about parenthood and artistry softly yet surely to bed. [Nov 2024, p.98]
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Nov 7, 2024By openly expressing her most intimate feelings, Laura Marling yet again hits a bingo of critical recognition, listener respect, and personal fulfillment.