"On A Small Death, we listen to an artist come through years of struggle, but she doesn't just survive. Crain finds a new direction by looking in and doing hard work internally, and then she offers us her path".
"Listening closely to A Small Death all the way through is like watching a melodramatic foreign movie; spellbinding and deliberately paced with an ambiance that leaves you reflective but anticipating better times are (hopefully) ahead".
"If there is a secret to Samantha Crain's A Small Death it comes from her ability to render the moments of terror after discovering her inability to use her hands and transform them into visions of a future rebuilt and reborn. She comes through disaster not focusing on the past but looking to a brighter future".