Brigid Mae Power ‘Head Above The Water’ press reactions

★★★★ Pitchfork

★★★★★ The Vinyl District

★★★★½ Uncut

★★★★★ Hi Fi Choice

★★★★ Mojo

★★★★ Irish Times

★★★★ Record Collector

★★★★ Norman Records

★★★★ The Observer/The Guardian

★★★★ Financial Times

★★★★ The Line Of Best Fit

★★★★ Clash

★★★★ Music OMH

★★★★ Golden Plec

★★★★½ The Last Mixed Tape

★★★★½ Magic RPM

★★★★½ Section 26

★★★★½ Ondarock

★★★★½ MPodia

★★★★½ Les Oreilles Curieuses

★★★★ Il Fatto Quotidiano

★★★★ El Periodico

★★★★ Knack Focus

★★★★ Rumore

★★★★ Distorsioni

★★★★ Soul-Kitchen

★★★★ Written In Music

“Stunning” Pitchfork

“A triumph” Uncut

“Remarkable” Mojo

“Extraordinary” Sunday Times

“Ethereal” The Guardian

“Power at her finest” The Line Of Best Fit

“Enthralling” The Metro

“Rich, textural melodies with an arresting narrative” Financial Times

“I absolutely love it” Guy Garvey BBC 6Music

“Softly delivered, these are hard lessons that we should all learn in time.”  Irish Times

“Third album thrives on new horizons” Record Collector

“Songs of unflinching honesty and soul-baring introspection” Music OMH

“More delicate, subtly psychedelic folk rooted in guitar .. and gently profound” All Music

“A magnificent and game-raising third album” Big Issue

“Gorgeous and subtle compositions swirl with an honest existential optimism and music form that feels extremely fresh” Aquarium Drunkard

“Excellent” Big Takeover

“Enchanting” Clash

“Genuinely beautiful, quietly challenging and perfectly self-contained.” Folk Radio

“Stunning” For Folk’s Sake

“Another leap forward” Hi Fi Choice

“One of the most jaw-dropping voices” Juno

“Majestic” Vinyl Chapters

“Excellent” The Vinyl District

“Captivating” Daggerzine

“Supremely serene folk-pop from one of the country’s most distinctive artists” The Thin Air

“powerful” “unique and sublime” 2SER

“eine Art Reise zu sich selbst (…) reichen, vielschillernden Folk” Junge Welt

“Zauberhaft” Artnoir

“Imperdibile” Ondarock

“Trame lievi e delicate, la voce sospesa di Brigid, come nell’incantevole You Have A Quiet Power” Classic Rock

“Colpisce subito la voce (…) una garanzia” Rumore

“una splendida grana sonora (…) decisamente consigliato” Buscadero

“sospeso in una bellezza isolate (…) il canto di Brigid è il biglietto da visita che ve ne farà innamorare perdutamente” Rootshighway

“Classe cristallina (…) Musica più vera sarebbe difficile da trovare.” Kalporz

“più che una conferma è una sicurezza” Distorsioni

“un bel viaggio interstellare” CoolMag“Album che emana fascino appena si entra nel suo mondo sonoro.” Il Popolo Del Blues

“un beau disque au son délicat” Soul-Kitchen

“Pur plaisir” Ouest-France

“Exceptionnel” L’Echo Républicain

“La réalisation du disque est magnifique (…) La musique est interprétée par une formation de musiciens aux doigts d’or (…)  La beauté des timbres et la richesse des arrangements font naitre une multitude d’émaux bouleversant la surface quiète des chansons” Magic RPM

“très beau” Section 26

“Une beauté sans fioriture, toute simple” Benzine

“musique enchanteresse” Les Oreilles Curieuses

“le disque de la consécration” Le Vif Focus

“haar rijkelijkst gearrangeerde werk tot op heden” Knack Focus

“puur en oprecht” “een prachtige sfeer” MPodia

“Een doorleefd, fraai klinkend luisterboek” Written In Music

“Power heeft een klassiek mooie stem voor het genre waarin ze op deze plaat uitblinkt (…) een mooie luisterplaat voor liefhebbers van emotioneel geladen, ambachtelijk gemaakte folk” Muziscene

“wonderschoon (…) prachtig” De Krenten Uit De Pop

“encuentro en la cumbre del neofolk” El Periodico

“uno de los más memorables cancioneros de folk de los últimos lustros (…) cantos que enamoran a la primera escucha (…) un puro embeleso” Muzikalia

“динамичне и хипнотишуће песме“ RTS, Radio Belgrade 3