Margaret Glaspy
Devotion
Release Date: Mar 27, 2020
Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
Record label: ATO
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Album Review: Devotion by Margaret Glaspy
Great, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 4/5
On the follow-up to 2016 debut 'Emotions and Math', Margaret Glaspy trades in her fiddle stylings for more expansive, synth-based material. Save for her distinct, crisp vocals, Margaret takes a quantum leap into unfamiliar territory of electronic music and synthesisers. 'Devotion' explores themes of romance, but it's less to do with a tangible, solid figure and more about her ideas, emotions, questions and feelings about love itself.
Based on rating 7/10
Returning after a four-year gap, Brooklyner Margaret Glaspy takes somewhat of a left turn on Devotion, her sophomore outing for ATO Records. Largely abandoning the edgy, electric guitar-based confessionalism of her 2016 debut, Emotions and Math, she takes a lusher and more varied approach here, turning a collection of ambitious love songs which range from sweet and intimate to thorny and sensual. Even before her debut, Glaspy had begun to make her name on a personal brand of smart, literate guitar pop with a bit of a bluesy growl not unlike Fiona Apple's, though ultimately a shade less dangerous.
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