★★★★★
Diane gives away a lot more with a lot less... The world, one might reasonably observe, is not presently parched by shortages of either ruminative heartbreak ballads or acoustic troubadours from the Pacific north-west. In parts of that region, indeed, such creatures are thicker on the ground than the buffalo before the white man came, grazing in vast gingham-clad herds, their whimsical lo-fi lowing audible for miles...
- www.uncut.co.uk
2013-08-20
★★★★★
Goto commentsLeave a commentTweet No Fun Zone Near the turn of the millennium, Beck went from the pink PVC pants and Prince impressions of Midnite Vultures to the mellow acoustified bellyachin' of Sea Change. It was, in part, a return to the folksier form of his early days, but also a solid step in Beck's ever-evolving sound. For a teenager of this era, said evolution was still confusing, even knowing the cause. So he got his heart broken? So what! We wanna dance! But alas...
- www.mxdwn.com
2013-08-06
★★★★★
Acoustic American folk in which a divorce is reflected upon and other historical lovers are waved farewell.
But softly and kind-heartedly, in Portland, Oregon. Strings, guitar arpeggios, a ripple of sad cottony contralto ... If you have a stomach for confessional poetic ruefulness, then you might find songs here to sit alongside those of Gillian Welch, Devon Sproule and the McGarrigles in your collection of souls in regret. Pleasant, sad, classy and thoughtful. No more than that.
- www.independent.co.uk
2013-07-30
★★★★★
The loss of love is such a useful catalyst for songwriting, musicians should be contractually obliged to break up with someone every three years. The latest folk singer stitching up her bleeding innards with acoustic guitar strings is Alela Diane, a vintage-clad Californian alto. Her fourthcorrect, country-tinged album is no mere musical mope, but features writerly vignettes and restrained introspection...
- www.theguardian.com
2013-07-30
★★★★★
Following a series of good, if not quite great LPs, EPs, and singles, Alela Diane has released the best album of her career in 2013, the wonderful About Farewell. With her new album, Diane has greatly improved her ability to write about familial and relationship tension in a manner that's simultaneously unique to her and comfortingly familiar to us...
- www.musicomh.com
2013-07-29
★★★★★
The loss of love is such a useful catalyst for songwriting, musicians should be contractually obliged to break up with someone every three years. The latest folk singer stitching up her bleeding innards with acoustic guitar strings is Alela Diane, a vintage-clad Californian alto. Her fourthcorrect, country-tinged album is no mere musical mope, but features writerly vignettes and restrained introspection...
- www.guardian.co.uk
2013-07-28
★★★★★
Three years ago, soon after marrying guitarist Tom Bevitori, Alela Diane released her fourth album, 'Alela Diane & Wild Divine'. Wild Divine were her backing band, Bevitori was part of it, and including them in the title signaled Diane's intent to move away from the acoustic guitar music of her early albums, and into a full band setup. The Californian was no longer alone in producing her art...
- www.nme.com
2013-07-29
★★★★★
Alela Diane's fifth album bids a gracious goodbye to love and youth. It's a snapshot of the Portland singer's spirit 10 years since her debut release and raw from her divorce with husband and collaborator, Tom Bevitori. Following 2011's joyous Alela Diane & Wild Divine, it recalls the melancholy of her earlier albums, running through the full spectrum of breakup emotions: retracing memories on Colorado Blue, propping up the bar during I Thought I Knew and floating in dizzy isolation on Lost...
- www.guardian.co.uk
2013-07-26
★★★★★
Alela Diane's fifth album bids a gracious goodbye to love and youth. It's a snapshot of the Portland singer's spirit 10 years since her debut release and raw from her divorce with husband and collaborator, Tom Bevitori. Following 2011's joyous Alela Diane & Wild Divine, it recalls the melancholy of her earlier albums, running through the full spectrum of breakup emotions: retracing memories on Colorado Blue, propping up the bar during I Thought I Knew and floating in dizzy isolation on Lost...
- www.theguardian.com
2013-07-30
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