Two worlds

"There's still enough coos and aahs for the ethereal brigade - see the beautiful piano ballads, So You've Seen My Limit and How's Your New Home - but the influence of latter-day PJ Harvey hangs heavier over these proceedings. Yes, it's emotional and feminine, but now so much tougher and dark as hell. Brigid Mae Power's 2016 debut was a beautiful, dreamy affair. So is The Two Worlds - but so much better".

"The second album from the singer-songwriter is a dizzyingly isolated record, spare and serene music that gains momentum as it burrows deeper ... The piano-based tracks are highlights. "Is My Presence in the Room Enough for You?" and "So You've Seen My Limits" are centered on jazzy melodies that drift like falling snow, as Power weaves between the notes with a ghostly chill. While the more upbeat songs are rich with open-tuned guitars and accordions, these moments of quiet intensity-just Power's voice and one other instrument-are where the album shines".

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"Power's second album, The Two Worlds, is less oblique than its predecessor: darker, more defiant, foregrounding her ongoing recovery from various serious experiences of abuse and the pressures of growing up in patriarchal Ireland".

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