#evermore review

[heavybreathingswift]

For the most part, listening to evermore is like being wrapped up in a thick, handwoven blanket, sitting by the fireplace with a hot drink in your hands, and wondering why so many good things have to end. but then “no body, no crime” comes on and you evily smirk at the wild, blazing embers before you that are burning your blood soaked clothes and think, “oh yeah, that’s why”

[notesonartistry]

Taylor Swift – 'Evermore': the NME review

The NME review of 'Evermore', Taylor Swift's second album of 2020, a follow-up to the surprise mega-smash 'Folklore'.

If ‘Folklore’ is an introspective, romantic older sister, ‘Evermore’ is the freewheeling younger sibling. ‘Folklore’ was Swift’s masterful song-writing spun through a very specific sonic palette; ‘Evermore’ feels looser, with more experimentation, charm and musical shades at play. The new album reaps the rewards the stylistic leap of faith that ‘Folklore’ represented, pushing the boundaries of that sonic palette further still.

[tsrepdenver]

I’m still in awe with this masterpiece Taylor gave us, every line is brilliant. She gave us another story telling that you can just picture it in your head. Every song has such a different story that you fall in love with every single listen you here. The writing, producing, and the collaboration on this album again screams masterpiece. This is her 9th album, the sister to folklore, and she proves evermore is another great album to end 2020 with. She has officially produce 2 albums of the year. Taylor thank you for giving us evermore.

[notesonartistry]

If Folklore felt like coming home for Swift, whose storytelling has been a part of her armour for so long, then Evermore is the process of coming home to realise that you’ve changed, the childhood house looks smaller now, and everything isn’t quite as it was; it’s somehow both magical and sobering.

I love this (x)

[heavybreathingswift]

LITTLE DOES MY BEST FRIEND KNOW THAT SHE IS TAYLOR’S FUCKING ALIBI LMFAOOOOO

[notesonartistry]

Is Taylor Swift the World’s Most Powerful Psychic?

Her new album, evermore, feels almost eerily personal.

“evermore has a wisdom that’s almost eerily personal without leaning into fake aphorism. Its gravitas feels earned. Its profundity comes from the banality of its observations. You trust the varying narrators of these songs because Swift conveys their microclimates and moods in such detail. It’s a perfect December album, calling to mind the best Taylor Swift song: “Safe & Sound,” featuring the Civil Wars. Except here, Swift is all grown up, and the ghosts that haunt these songs are her own, or maybe the ghosts belong to all of us.”

[notesonartistry]

Taylor Swift Has Her Second Great Album of 2020 With ‘Evermore’: Album Review

Taylor Swift appears to be waging war over the serial resale of her old master recordings on two fronts. She recently confirmed that she is already underway in the process of re-recording the six a…

Points to Chris Willman for the lyric references in his review, especially this one:

“As motivations for prolific activity go, relieving and sublimating quarantine pressure is probably even better than revenge. Anyway, this is not a gift horse to be looked in the mouth.” 

And for making me laugh with this one (although it’s sad too):

“On the sadder side, Swift is apparently determined to run through her entire family tree for heartrending material.”

And working in a very subtle BM dig:

“...  it would be reasonable to speculate that it is not about a romantic relationship at all, but a professional one she has no intention of ever recalling in a sweet light. Or maybe she does harbor that a disdain for an actual former love with that machinelike a level of intensity.”

[wehadourownsecretclub]

The Intimacy and Comfort of Taylor Swift’s “evermore” <x>