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- Record Label: Domino Recording Co. Ltd.
- Release Date: Aug 22, 2025
- Summary: The latest full-length release from James Yorkston features The Cardigans' Nina Persson and First Aid Kit's Johanna Söderberg with members of the Second Hand Orchestra.
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- Record Label: Domino Recording Co. Ltd.
- Genre(s): Folk, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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Aug 22, 2025Like most of Yorkston's best work, Songs for Nina and Johanna succeeds not only because of his talents as a songwriter, but by his choices as a collaborator. He knows when to step back and let others shine.
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MojoSep 17, 2025A likeable collection of songs about family and companionship. .... The happy point where Belle And Sebastian meets Stephen Sondheim. [Nov 2025, p.88]
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Aug 22, 2025While his two female stars certainly elevate his songs, Yorkston shows that he can still kick it on his own as a singer with his distinguished group.
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Record CollectorAug 22, 2025A record which explodes Yorkston's typically understated, open-hearted songwriting with a fierce emotional interplay between the three voices at work here. [Sep 2025, p.105]
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UncutAug 22, 2025While the earlier albums had a rich dramatic and conceptual structure, things feel looser thus time round. [Sep 2025, p.39]