“The sound of an artist genuinely freeing themselves is never less than riveting. During the pandemic, Maggie Rogers moved in with her parents in Maine after the burnout from touring her debut album, 2019’s folk-R&B confection Heard It in a Past Life, and becoming a Grammy-nominated breakthrough artist. She enrolled at Harvard, reconnected with herself and NYC, and then – that greatest signifier of”
“burning intensity from returning indie darling”
“The singer radiates indie-pop cool while embracing uncertainty, serendipity and everything in between on sophomore LP”
“The “Alaska” star’s second album, which shares its title with her Harvard Divinity School thesis, asks big questions about life through confident pop anthems.”
“Pop-music prodigy delivers her complicated second album”
“Maggie Rogers continues searching for a balance between her folk and pop impulses on Surrender”