Brigid Mae Power (album)

Brigid Mae Power
Studio album by Brigid Mae Power
Released	10 June 2016 (2016-06-10)
Studio	The Sparkle, Woods, Oregon, United States
Genre	Irish folk music
Language	English
Label	Tompkins Square
Brigid Mae Power chronology
I Told You the Truth (2014) Brigid Mae Power (2016) The Ones You Keep Close (2017)

Brigid Mae Power (album) is a 2016 studio album by Irish folk musician Brigid Mae Power. It has received positive reviews from critics.

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.4⁄10 (5 reviews)[1]
Metacritic	85⁄100 (5 reviews)[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Irish Times	[3]
The Observer	[4]
Pitchfork Media	7.5⁄10[5]

Editors at AnyDecentMusic? rated this album a 7.4 out of 10, based on five reviews.[1] Brigid Mae Power received positive reviews from critics noted at review aggregator Metacritic. It has a weighted average score of 85 out of 100, based on five reviews.[2]

Writing for The Irish Times, Joe Breen rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, writing that "working with Oregon-based performer Peter Broderick has liberated her, she said, and this sparse, spectral collection is the evidence".[3] Kitty Empire also gave a 4-star review for The Observer, writing that this album is "so full of feeling" and notes the powerful emotions in Power's lyrics.[4] Pitchfork Media's Laura Snapes called this album "a liminal space made up of droning guitars, metallic piano reverberations, and lyrics that trace some barely escaped threat" with "clear seriousness" and a "sense of newfound freedom".[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Brigid Mae Power.

1. "It’s Clearing Now" – 7:40
2. "Sometimes" – 5:07
3. "Let Me Hold You Through This" – 3:31
4. "Is It My Low or Yours" – 3:45
5. "Lookin' at You in a Photo" – 4:31
6. "I Left Myself for a While" – 5:10
7. "Watching the Horses" – 5:06
8. "How You Feel" – 4:27

Personnel

• Brigid Mae Power – instrumentation, vocals, cover painting
• Peter Broderick – instrumentation, recording, mixing, mastering
• Cory Gray – recording for piano and vocals on "Sometimes", "I Left Myself for a While", and "How You Feel"

See also

• List of 2016 albums

References

1. "Brigid Mae Power by Brigid Mae Power reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. n.d. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
2. "Brigid Mae Power by Brigid Mae Power Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. n.d. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
3. Breen, Joe (30 June 2016). "Brigid Mae Power album review: a powerful and almost hypnotic experience". Music. The Irish Times. ISSN 0791-5144. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
4. Empire, Kitty (26 June 2016). "Brigid Mae Power: Brigid Mae Power review – so full of feeling". Music. The Observer. Guardian Media Group. ISSN 0029-7712. OCLC 50230244. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
5. "Brigid Mae Power by Brigid Mae Power Reviews and Tracks". Pitchfork Media. n.d. Retrieved 25 June 2023.

External links

• Brigid Mae Power at Discogs (list of releases)
• Brigid Mae Power at MusicBrainz (list of releases)