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Universal acclaim - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
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  1. Jan 27, 2025
    100
    I could go on for hours about the beauty within the story of You Are The Morning, but the record truly speaks for itself. From the luscious instrumentation to the heart-on-sleeve lyrics, jasmine.4.t’s first full-length shares a message that needs to be heard: a message of hope found within community. You Are The Morning is nothing short of raw and emotional, and that’s what makes it so powerful.
  2. 90
    Just as Cruickshank has put her body and soul into the writing of her debut, the boys’ production perfectly complements its dynamics and sentiment.
  3. Jan 16, 2025
    90
    That jasmine.4.t should be part of the Phoebe Bridgers cinematic universe is arguably the most glaringly obvious facet of debut album ‘You Are The Morning’. A record brimming with folksy warmth and vivid storytelling, with song structures that build on themselves so smartly as to belie their frequently six-minute-plus length, it brings the phrase ‘match made in heaven’ in mind.
  4. Jan 16, 2025
    90
    Although the year may only be a matter of a couple of weeks old, You Are The Morning is already one of 2025’s best albums.
  5. Jan 17, 2025
    85
    With each track Jasmine offers momentary glimpses into her world, often taking small everyday moments and making them feel revelatory. .... While subtle folk and chamber pop arrangements color most of the album, the quiet moments belie a wild chemistry at play when Jasmine and her band fully let loose.
  6. Record Collector
    Feb 24, 2025
    80
    A wonderful debut that's heartbreaking and heartwarming in equal measure. [Mar 2025, p.104]
  7. Jan 17, 2025
    80
    ‘You Are The Morning’ slides neatly into a certain lineage, while also more than holding its own. Across its 13-track span the record asserts itself with a beautifully framed sense of character, graceful in its approach and empathetic in its revelation.
  8. Jan 16, 2025
    80
    The record proves to be slightly more interesting in its lyrical content than its musical content, but that’s more a compliment than a dig. It plays the softer than silk, pseudo-gospel rock style of boygenius with heart and emphatically hits every pacing beat on its checklist.
  9. Jan 29, 2025
    74
    It would have been easy for songs to have come out overwrought and overproduced here, but instead we have a record of community, of gathering friends around to sing, play with, and support you.
  10. Jan 17, 2025
    70
    It’s an album worthy of its co-signs from the Boygenius camp but one that stands solidly on the merits of its own uncompromising creation.
  11. Uncut
    Jan 16, 2025
    70
    Full of jingle-jangle mourning, this is a soulful, charming debut. [Jan 2025, p.39]
  12. Jan 27, 2025
    60
    At times delightful, yet not without its flaws, this is an encouraging debut.

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