Like the River Loves the SeaJoan Shelley · 2019

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8.2

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1Haven 2Coming Down for You 3Teal 4Cycle 5When What It Is 6The Fading 7The Sway 8Awake 9Stay All Night 10Tell Me Something 11High on the Mountain 12Any Day Now

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pastemagazine

8.5

“The Kentucky folk-singer’s new album feels brighter and more confident than her previous work”

pitchfork

8.1

“The Kentucky folksinger’s fifth solo album strips down to acoustic instrumentation and her softly luminous voice, carving out a refuge where love and nature find solace in each other.”

guardian

8.0

“Over the course of four albums, Louisville, Kentucky singer-songwriter Joan Shelley has built up a considerable reputation as a purveyor of fine, heartfelt folk and country. Her fifth is a magnificent addition to the canon. Recorded in Iceland with regular collaborators Nathan Salsburg and James Elkington alongside Icelandic musicians (and Will Oldham on Coming Down for You and The Fading), the 12”