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100
For all its musical sophistication and all its lyrical heart, Ignorance is a confident, almost bolshy statement of intent.
4mo
100
Art often seeks to wring beauty out of pain – always at the risk of mawkishness or cliche. The Weather Station’s fifth album is an undertaking that succeeds – many times over.
3mo
90
Emotions are never straightforward, often shrouded in a mist, or on pause in the unheard half ofa dialogue, waiting to emerge. But there is still joy to be found in the sound of these songs.
3mo
90
Ignorance is a record in search of that silence. Across ten tracks of jazz-influenced, liquid-silver art rock, Lindeman grasps at the world thrumming just beyond our punishing screens and endless news cycles, beyond our emotional and physical walls.
3mo
90
Ignorance is truly a masterful statement for The Weather Station.
3mo
90
A masterful record that sounds like a full flowering of a remarkable talent. It is true: Ignorance can indeed be bliss.
3mo
90
Compelling, imminent, and overwhelmingly ineffable, Ignorance goes beyond excellent and enters the rarified realm of the superlative.
3mo
90
Tamara Lindeman’s songwriting has reached stunning new heights. With a full band supporting her, her new album draws upon the natural world to create unforgettable moments of calm and beauty.
3mo
90
Ignorance is a major statement that never feels oversimplified. While she's growing so much with each album that it seems risky to call this Lindeman's best, it's safe to say this is another outstanding achievement from the Weather Station.
3mo
90
What's being attempted here is sensational, an unmissable combination of common emotions and abstract anxieties that shouldn’t work. And yet, when Lindeman shares with us, these songs explode with the air of something incredible.
2mo
87
Ignorance is a departure. More specifically, this album is a stunningly assured plunge into a sleek, buzzing jazz-pop wilderness.
3mo
84
Ignorance might be one of the most important records of the year, as it puts all our hearts and minds under a microscope, and with tweezers in hand Lindeman pulls each layer back.
2mo
80
This is what Ignorance delivers: the document of an introvert empowered by the vastest crisis of passion imaginable.
3mo
80
Devoid of any jagged distinguishing features that may distract or impose a singular interpretation, the record turns out to be a source of rumour and mystery in which to succumb to subconsciously immaculate devastations.
3mo
80
'Ignorance' is a well-crafted and heart-felt piece of work that dances seamlessly through the caverns of dark and light, a perfect offering to hold onto with hope.
3mo
80
A revelatory collection of glassy-piano dance grooves and noir folk, based in Tamara Lindeman's piercing songwriting.
3mo
80
The result is an album that pulses with energy, one that’s not a dancefloor record in the traditional sense ... but one with an insistent groove woven into its 10 delicately emotive songs, which deal with love in all its messy permutations.
3mo
80
‘Ignorance’ ramps up the sonic freedom – but the new album is immaculately thought-out. Lindeman faces the climate change Goliath the best way possible: through a personal lens. She’s never preachy, rarely obvious, her watertight lyrics probably worthy of a Nobel.
3mo
80
Favoring empathy over antagonism, it’s a breakup album more than a protest record, and with lush songwriting and restless instrumentation, the result is a deeply moving take on our struggle against climate change.
2mo
80
An intimate album that takes more than one listen to fully attune to, but the music remains a joy.
2mo
70
Like her chosen alias, The Weather Station’s music is fluid and variable. This latest twist is an unexpected, yet welcome change of climate in her ongoing career.
3mo
70
As a whole, Ignorance can carry an audience through beautiful arrangements and atmosphere. However, and perhaps as a result of the beauty of the music and her delivery, Lindeman’s goal of delivering emotional lyrics hits shy of the mark.
3mo
50
The Weather Station plays the sophisti-pop sound as safely as possible on Ignorance.
2mo
I was doubtful but Tamara managed to do it.
While I believed The Weather Station was on a ride down a steady decline, the band did exactly what I was fearful they wouldn't be able to do. They conjured a luxurious art-pop record including so many natural facets and performed it so effortlessly. While their more folk centric work isn't too polar from art-pop, it definitely possesses a different creative outlook. A record sounding so organic in composition, the sloppiness of instrumentation only ... read more
While I believed The Weather Station was on a ride down a steady decline, the band did exactly what I was fearful they wouldn't be able to do. They conjured a luxurious art-pop record including so many natural facets and performed it so effortlessly. While their more folk centric work isn't too polar from art-pop, it definitely possesses a different creative outlook. A record sounding so organic in composition, the sloppiness of instrumentation only ... read more
1) Qualidade da mensagem e escrita: 2,3/2,5
2) Seleção das rimas: 0,5/0,5
3) Engenharia sonora das faixas: 2,7/3,0
4) Exploração vocal: 0,5/0,5
5) Coerência entre as canções e suas disposições: 1,6/2,0
6) Nova proposta ao mercado fonográfico: 1,3/1,5
NOTA: 8,9
-ÁLBUM DESTAQUE-
Após emplacar uma das melhores canções de 2020 (o lead single "Robber"), The Weather Station dá ... read more
2) Seleção das rimas: 0,5/0,5
3) Engenharia sonora das faixas: 2,7/3,0
4) Exploração vocal: 0,5/0,5
5) Coerência entre as canções e suas disposições: 1,6/2,0
6) Nova proposta ao mercado fonográfico: 1,3/1,5
NOTA: 8,9
-ÁLBUM DESTAQUE-
Após emplacar uma das melhores canções de 2020 (o lead single "Robber"), The Weather Station dá ... read more
I’m a little late, but I’ll review this anyway.
I have noticed that this album has been a bit polarizing with the main complaints being that it sounds like a generic indie album and that the songs sound similar. However, I loved this. The album reminds me of the works of Fiona Apple and Florence + the Machine. I love Tamara Lindeman’s vocals and the arrangements and production are well done. The part of the album I appreciated the most was the lyrics about climate change. ... read more
I have noticed that this album has been a bit polarizing with the main complaints being that it sounds like a generic indie album and that the songs sound similar. However, I loved this. The album reminds me of the works of Fiona Apple and Florence + the Machine. I love Tamara Lindeman’s vocals and the arrangements and production are well done. The part of the album I appreciated the most was the lyrics about climate change. ... read more
This is quality art pop. With a very cohesive and back-to-back fun album The Weather Station made space feels embracing and touching. The instrumentals are all so nice, her voice is deep but also quite soft which is ear pleasing at most. The sophistication is palatable and it's also curated, I got every sequence and every abruption as a form of expanding creativity.
In some parts of this record I remembered our dearest Fiona Apple for a while and some other artists as well, but that's not ... read more
In some parts of this record I remembered our dearest Fiona Apple for a while and some other artists as well, but that's not ... read more
god my original review sucked so that’s getting deleted. congrats nico you now have the top review.
ok now on to the review.
this album starts off fantastic with robbers and atlantic. both tracks are beautiful art pop songs. the vocals throughout the entire album are incredible but they really shine on the first two tracks. tried to tell you is also pretty good but it is far from great. but, from that point on, the album just becomes mediocre in my opinion. like, there aren’t any ... read more
ok now on to the review.
this album starts off fantastic with robbers and atlantic. both tracks are beautiful art pop songs. the vocals throughout the entire album are incredible but they really shine on the first two tracks. tried to tell you is also pretty good but it is far from great. but, from that point on, the album just becomes mediocre in my opinion. like, there aren’t any ... read more
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The Weather Station Shares New Single, "Atlantic" 
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Track List
- Robber
- Atlantic
- Tried to Tell You
- Parking Lot
- Loss
- Separated
- Wear
- Trust
- Heart
- Subdivisions
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2mo
Hi! To whoever manages the critic score, I was the one that tried to add the The Guardian review. I didn't know it was already here through The Observer. My bad!
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Added on: November 18, 2020