★★★★★
It's become a bit of a cliché in recent times to describe young, folky female singers as sounding older than their years, but it still comes as something of a shock to discover that Lucy Rose is just 23 years of age. For one thing, she seems to have been around for years - taking all manner of support slots, guesting with regular collaborators Bombay Bicycle Club and ticking off the obligatory 'had a song on the Skins soundtrack' career path...
- www.musicomh.com
2013-04-02
★★★★★
Lucy Rose Parton seems to have been teleported from the 1960s, where her fragile songs and home-made jam (she sells it at gigs) would have made her a worthy supporting player in the pastoral-folk scene. "Supporting" being the operative word: the Warwickshire-bred vocalist and her acoustic guitar (plus unobtrusive band) create a hazy sound that leaves you feeling as if you've bathed in lavender oil - lovely, but lacking the acerbic touch that would elevate her to a leading role...
- www.guardian.co.uk
2012-10-01
★★★★★
For all the homely touches of Lucy Rose's backstory - an open-mic-night apprenticeship, selling jam at her gigs - she clearly has her sights set higher than early-afternoon slots at Green Man festival...
- www.guardian.co.uk
2012-09-24
★★★★★
Lucy Rose used to operate on the periphery. She used to be just a voice in the background . She used to be the extra texture of other people's songs, most notably for Bombay Bicycle Club, appearing on the indie upstarts' last two albums. She used to be just another part of the atmosphere, existing tentatively and passively in airwaves dominated by other people. No longer...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2012-09-24
★★★★★
Given the plethora of acoustic singer-songwriters on the radio at the moment, you'd be forgiven for assuming that we'd heard the best of the Ed Sheeran-spearheaded folk-pop phenomenon. Take to the stage, Lucy Rose, long time Bombay Bicycle Club collaborator turned one woman acoustic guitar-welding machine. Breaking the mould with her penchant for simplicity when it comes to song structure, Lucy's debut album Like I Used To is eleven solid tracks of empowering yet equally vulnerable folk-pop...
- music.thedigitalfix.com
2012-09-13
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