Cranekiss

Tamaryn - Cranekiss
Critic Score
Based on 11 reviews
2015 Ratings: #747 / 1021
User Score
Based on 76 ratings
2015 Rank: #282
Liked by 4 people
August 28, 2015 / Release Date
LP / Format
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CRITIC REVIEWS

80
AllMusic

Cranekiss is a beautiful pop fantasia that finds Tamaryn expressing her music's passion and sensuality in exciting new ways.

80
The Line of Best Fit

By taking a sharp turn into the light, the shades of grey of her older material have been splattered by blasts of glorious technicolour, a move resulting in her best album to date.

75
Under the Radar

While this sonic evolution is unlikely to lift Tamaryn into the upper crust of the mainstream, Cranekiss feels like a fresh step forward for an artist of her creative ilk. A simple change has done her the world of good. 

74
Pitchfork

Cranekiss firmly establishes Tamaryn’s pop songwriting chops. It also indicates a willingness to play with new instrumentation ... and a willingness to play with established style and form. It's a beautiful, heavily textured, highly sensual record, heady sugar on the tongue.

70
PopMatters



It’s a mature and thoughtful piece of work, one that will surely be appreciated as the temperatures dip, the leaves change color, and the calendar moves to autumn and winter soon after.

70
The 405

Cranekiss is a carefully crafted and wonderfully written record and beyond that it marks a new, exciting step in Tamaryn's career.

60
Clash

Artistic development and risk-taking is to be applauded. With risk, though, comes the possibility of mis-steps. Sadly, here, this is what it feels like Tamaryn's done.

50
A.V. Club

The effect of the droning synths and layers of nonstop effects slathered over everything induces a sense of sameness throughout. Cranekiss is going for hypnotic, but too often ends up narcotizing.

ShoegazeJake
90

The contemporary queen of shoegaze goes dream pop and pops off.

hpianomusic
75

Decent- but like most indie dream pop, it lacks color, excitement and memorability, something bands like Beach House and Slowdive have mastered.

annnn
93

she just gets dream pop and how to play synthesisers, i love her at this point just two albums in

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Track List

1Cranekiss
3:50
90
2Hands All Over Me
3:49
100
3Last
4:28
93
4Collection
3:25
92
5Keep Calling
5:30
86
6Softcore
5:42
100
7Fade Away Slow
4:46
95
8I Won't Be Found
3:17
97
9Sugarfix
4:18
97
10Intruder (Waking You Up)
5:16
80
Total Length: 44 minutes
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Added on: April 30, 2015