Bill Ryder-Jones - Yawn
Critic Score
Based on 15 reviews
2018 Ratings: #200 / 890
User Score
Based on 60 ratings
Liked by 3 people
November 2, 2018 / Release Date
LP / Format
Domino / Label
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CRITIC REVIEWS

85
The Line of Best Fit

Give Yawn the attention it deserves ... and alluring details – guitar figures intricately intertwining, mournful and majestic sweep of cello, ghostly organ bubbling near the surface, gradual push and pull, restraint and release – soon become impossible to miss.

85
Northern Transmissions

Though this album goes for personal moments over something totally new, Ryder-Jones strikes powerful chords with listeners.

80
The Skinny

Bill Ryder-Jones returns with an immersive, melancholic fourth solo-effort retaining the sincerity and intimacy that have characterised his post-Coral work.

77
Paste

He’s a humble, thoughtful character and an even more engaging guitar player—drawing dense textures and perhaps even more sulking anguish from his guitar than his confessional lyrics.

70
PopMatters

The songs on Yawn excel at a connection between musician, music, and listener. Each song carries the effect of sitting with Ryder-Jones and hearing the dialogue created.

70
AllMusic

Yawn ... has its moments of beauty and craft, but the payoffs are so subtle and slow to arrive that its title becomes the regrettably inevitable reaction.

70
Loud and Quiet

‘Yawn’ is a much gentler record than its predecessor; one that’s much more ornate with moments of quite straightforward prettiness, and to Jones’ credit there’s no attempt to turn the last record’s success into a formula.

luna128
69

A uniquely textured and distinguished experience. somewhere between folk and gaze. simple. youthful. wonderful.

CheapandLethal
65

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Added on: August 24, 2018