Album Review: New Radiations by Marissa Nadler

Since signing to Sacred Bones a little over a decade ago, Marissa Nadler’s records have grown increasingly lush and grandiose, her heartbreakingly pure soprano and delicate acoustic guitar shining and resplendent against a backdrop of layered guitars, heavy drums, synth, pedal steel guitar, and orchestral instruments – all glowing in a crystal cocoon of dreamy reverb. While impressive and ambitious, this large-format songwriting and production loses some of Nadler‘s magic, glossing over details and nuance in favor of grandiosity and spectacle. These experiments and explorations have yielded vast continents of exceptional music, but none have been necessary.

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