Double roses

"With Double Roses, Karen Elson proves that the seven-year wait between this album and The Ghost Who Walks was worth it. As she expands on the gift for setting a mood she displayed on her debut, she also takes her music in a more personal direction, trading theatrical murder ballads for portraits of sorrow and strength that evoke British psych-folk and Laurel Canyon singer/songwriters - as well as hints of Dolly Parton, Stevie Nicks, and Mazzy Star".

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"Double Roses is produced by long-time Father John Misty collaborator Jonathan Wilson, and features the sort of orchestral flourishes present in Misty's own work ... As with her previous album, it's tidy and tasteful rather than gripping, with the exception of the wonderfully beguiling title track, a swirl of arpeggiated harps and hushed melodies".

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"Hvordan træder man ud af [skyggerne fra en modelfortid og et ægteskab med Jack White] og bliver taget seriøst som sanger og sangskriver i sin egen ret? Det gør man ved at blive skilt og have en stemme ud over det sædvanlige. Den folder den i dag 38-årige Elson ud i al sin klarhed og klang på storslåede ballader, der [i modsætning til debutalbummet] har mere rod i engelsk end amerikansk folketradition. På skilsmissesange, der er stærke og tidsløse kvindebekendelser om at være alene og fri".

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