The moon and stars - prescriptions for dreamers

"Certainly, releasing an album about a return to the importance of dreaming just as the American dream stands at its most tarnished seems something of a radical act. Make no mistake, these songs are beguiling, comely, sweet; but beneath their resonant beauty, June has given us an album that is powerfully, elegantly subversive".

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"On her new album, the Memphis singer-songwriter and guitarist pens her most heavy-hearted songs, treating love and loss like old scars, fondly remembered".

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"Based in Brooklyn but hailing from Memphis, June's music rose out of a tapestry of American roots traditions that she has since elevated and, in the case of 2021's The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers, transcended ... A standout among her already impressive catalog, The Moon and Stars is utterly beguiling with a luster that only deepens with repeated spins".

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"Valerie June cementerede sit særlige talent i 2017 med 'The Order of the Time', men kunne hun også i længden skille sig ud med andet end sin specielle stemme? 'The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers' giver et bekræftende svar. Den musikalske palet er udvidet betragteligt. Rødderne i den nu 39-årige Junes musik får nu lov at fremstå tydeligere adskilt. Der er både store strygerarrangementer, [og] helt intimt skrabede folkesange med overraskende englekor ... En mere stilfærdig alvor og en mindre rootsy grundfølelse præger på mange måde et album, der såvel sang for sang som overordnet betragtet er fuldt af skiftende stemninger og vekslende musikalske iscenesættelser, uden at det opleves som ubeslutsomt eller rodet".

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