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All Music Guide - Thom Jurek On July, her debut for Sacred Bones, Marissa Nadler strips away the metaphorical language that has been a hallmark in her songwriting, steeping her protagonist in the first person as she charts the aftermath of a devastating romantic relationship. This set is colored a deep, gauzy American Gothic in lyric, melody, and production -- the latter provided by Randall Dunn (Earth, Akron/Family, Wolves in the Throne Room). Nadler's lithe vocals and fingerpicked acoustic guitar are at the forefront of these 11 songs, adorned by enough reverb to make them feel as if they were frozen in time immemorial, their emotional impact undiminished. Among Nadler's accompanists here are ... See more details below Eligible for .