“The music on ‘Chains’ is little more than a single, baleful groan of cello, while scraped guitar strings that feel like ligaments tearing ratchets up tension in the background. The song drops off into a muffled-heartbeat blankness of a drum thud; Scott murmurs, ‘Don’t give up on me just yet,’ her voice hooded. The moment hangs, and you wait for the curtain to drop. It doesn’t; the end comes two minutes later in a rude snip of the tape that startles me even at the tenth hearing.”
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“The staff of Pitchfork doesn’t like very many things, but their writer gave Torres an 8.1. Which is a bit like any other magazine giving it a 9.5.”
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“Upon graduation, the aspiring songwriter and poet threw her creative energy into her self-titled debut album, which came out early this year and received raves from Pitchfork, which is the indie album equivalent to getting the keys to a Ferrari.”
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