Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of ParadiseJaimie Branch · 2019

guardian

8.0

“At its peak, Jaimie Branch’s trumpet playing has the feeling of a prelingual shriek, a cry out into the distance that intuits no response. It’s a dark, deeply felt tone, which perfectly fits her second solo album, Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise. Written in the midst of the Trump presidency and amid continuing police violence towards minorities, it is at turns furious and impassioned, deject”

pitchfork

7.8

“The New York trumpeter and bandleader’s second album is darker, denser, and more experimental than its predecessor, but no less resonant.”