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- Summary: The third full-length release from Montreal-based artist Ada Lea was produced with Here We Go Magic's Luke Temple
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- Record Label: Saddle Creek
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Aug 14, 2025Songs vary greatly in length, instrumentation, fidelity, and stakes. It makes for a bumpy, but thrilling ride.
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Aug 8, 2025when i paint is an intimate record full of poetic and melodic turns, giving you the impression that sometimes Levy herself is surprised by where it takes her.
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Aug 8, 2025When backed by such light-touch production, these mantras can feel like a first draft whose final hues haven’t been colored in. At its best, though, this unforced approach manifests in Levy’s gift for stream-of-consciousness narratives that spin out as if propelled by their own internal velocity.
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Aug 8, 2025If there's a knock on when i paint my masterpiece's 200-to-16 approach, it's that the album's recording style is its most cohesive trait, with the track list sometimes seeming like a Bob Dylan exercise, followed by a Frankie Cosmos op, a quasi-tango study ("dogs playing in the backyard"), etc. -- even if that playful, adventurous spirit is also part of its charm.
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Aug 13, 2025This may not be a step upwards, but it is a step forward in the overall right direction.
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MojoAug 8, 2025She takes memories and splashes them around in them, a style she's made her own. Hokey, lo-fi acoustics and a fluid off-key croon add a surreal edge. [Sep 2025, p.86]
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UncutAug 18, 2025When delicate motifs from accordion, harmonica and piano join her softly plucked acoustic guitar it can make for a sweetly seductive sound, but just as often her vocal melodies meander without leaving a mark. [Oct 2025, p.31]