★★★★★
Malaysian singer-songwriter Yuna, who performs Sunday at the Great American Music Hall, has a deft pop touch. A professed lover of all things '90s - from the Spice Girls and the Cardigans to Fiona Apple and the Cranberries - her music has a warm, nostalgic buzz that is only enhanced by her sweet, helium-suffused voice. Back home, she runs her own clothing line and regularly collects industry awards. Her music could be too understated for American audiences, though...
- www.sfgate.com
2014-02-14
★★★★★
Being cool, calm, and collected can be seen as both virtuous and flawed. Generally, a leader seen to be too cool sometimes lacks the backbone to make the arduous decisions affect the people he or she represents. From a musician's standpoint, being too nonchalant and restrained sometimes characterizes a boring, unexcitable album. Malaysian singer/songwriter Yuna epitomizes the aforementioned adjectives, generally trending on the more chill side of things...
- www.popmatters.com
2014-01-28
★★★★★
Incredibly, even before the release of , 2013 was already shaping up to be an absolutely massive year for Malaysian singer-songwriter Yunalis Zara'ai. The wildly successful , released in April, was emphatically followed by debut performances on the Conan O'Brien show and the OzAsia Festival. Then came the incredible run of four straight sold-out nights at the Istana Budaya - Malaysia's equivalent of the Royal Albert Hall - alongside the National Symphony Orchestra and Incubus guitarist Mike...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2013-12-02
★★★★★
With such buzz behind Yuna, one must wonder if the hype is warranted. The answer, unflinchingly, is yes. She comes during a wave of exceptional female-fronted alt-pop acts, including Haim, Chvrches and Quadron. These groups bend genres; no one is exempt from their appeal. Although Yuna has a singer-songwriter background, she has evolved past this format by, simply, challenging herself while remaining earnest in her songwriting...
- filtermagazine.com
2013-11-05
★★★★★
Yuna's sophomore album, , is one of the most honest and intoxicating albums of 2013. Blending Malaysian-inspired sounds with R&B;, sparkly pop and an indie ease, her youthful sweetness has grown into a smoldering, assured sound that's magical. Fresh and glamorous, marks her Verve debut and you can sense a breeze flowing through each song...
- exclaim.ca
2013-10-26