It’s very difficult not to like these songs – for their clarity and craftmanship, but also the strength of their ideas.
One Second of Love is enjoyable but slight: its stronger moments render the weaker ones particularly forgettable.
Nite Jewel succeeds in crafting an album that is both lyrically and aurally rich.
One Second of Love ... finds Gonzalez maturing into a graceful songstress without entirely abandoning what inspired her in the first place.
It’s just more than a little difficult to get over how much fun is sucked out of the room as the album transitions from one half to the next.
Nite Jewel doesn’t make a push to the future very often, which ends up making her album slightly forgettable.
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