★★★★★
Growing up as an artist is more painful than puberty. First of all, you're doing it in the most public sphere, secondly, you have demanding fans who want more-of-the-same-thank-you-very-much and thirdly, good music, like good wine, takes years to filter through. Debut albums are the result of at least seventeen years of sensually-packed experience written at a time of acute sensitivity...
- www.clashmusic.com
2011-06-27
★★★★★
Heather Nova is the mermaid with the aching vocal range whose voice is synonymous with 90s soundtracks in UK, USA and Australia and obsessive superstardom in Europe. More melodic than Patti and P J, more rock and roll than Joni, Heather Nova is the real rock queen of the past two decades and is now returning with her 9th studio album, '300 Days at Sea'. Before that, however, she has let loose a taster by way of the E.P. 'Higher Ground'...
- www.clashmusic.com
2011-05-17
★★★★★
There can't be many better ways of reviving a flagging solo career than recruiting Mercury Rev as your backing band. Heather Nova's fifth studio album started at home in Bermuda, where she recorded vocals and guitar for a new set of songs in the Caribbean sunshine. Then she took herself off to the Rev's studio retreat, halfway up a snow-covered Woodstock mountain, where they added their uniquely weird soundtrack, sounding every bit as magnificent as they did on Deserter's Songs and All Is Dream...
- www.uncut.co.uk
2010-06-19
★★★★★
Heather Nova deserves a hit. Her voice is distinctive, her songs hook-laden, her lyrics profound yet accessible and, well, she's hot. Hell, she was even raised on a boat (it's a music biz mythos that puts Jewel's van-slumbering tales of woe to shame). After a string of near-hits on the modern rock periphery (1995's "Walk This World," 1998's "London Rain" and "Heart & Shoulder"), Nova dabbled in electronica on ATB's Two Worlds...
- www.slantmagazine.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Bermuda-born Heather Nova feels sand, waves and breezes where other singers and songwriters know only concrete and buildings. Such grounding makes for a seductive vibe, but on South, Nova's fourth album, she and her producers do not rely on atmosphere alone...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
In some ways, Heather Nova is more talented than many of her female singer/songwriter contemporaries. She has an appealing voice, strong lyrics and memorable melodies -- that is, when she delivers. Unfortunately, many of her albums are uneven, with Nova delivering the goods as often as she misses the mark. The best moments on her third album, Oyster, rank among her very best work, demonstrating that she can pull off ballads, guitar-pop and hard rock with equal aplomb...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Heather Nova's Glow Stars is the culmination of her Spirit in You and These Walls EPs, showcasing a songwriter in progress. These songs capture a young, inquisitive Nova, but an angry female as well. She's never been one to hide from the sensual aspects of music, and such confidence allows her frustrations of love and lust to be most visible...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
In some ways, Heather Nova is more talented than many of her female singer/songwriter contemporaries. She has an appealing voice, strong lyrics, and memorable melodies -- that is, when she delivers. Unfortunately, many of her albums are uneven, with Nova delivering the goods as often as she misses the mark. The best moments on her second album, Oyster, rank among her very best work, demonstrating that she can pull off ballads, guitar pop, and hard rock with equal aplomb...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
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