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Cardamom Times
Folk · 2015 · 4 tracks · 21m

Cardamom Times

Four tracks of pastoral, tape-saturated folk recorded with a cathedral-like depth. Warm, slow-drifting, and beautifully haunted by woodwinds and analog synths.

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It sounds like a gorgeous, lost 1970s folk record played inside a giant, empty stone cathedral.

A warm, pastoral solitude that feels both deeply comforting and slightly haunted.

Cardamom Times · vs · Weyes Blood
Nature+1.6σ

The writing leans notably further into nature than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 4 Tracks · 21m
01
Maybe Love
4:04
02
Take You There
7:40
03
Cardamom
4:34
04
In the Beginning
5:27
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the sparse acoustic guitar on Maybe Love is swallowed by a deep, church-like reverb that makes her voice sound like it is floating from a high balcony.
The hypnotic, seven-minute slow burn of Take You There where the organic acoustic picking gradually intertwines with a warm, drifting synthesizer swell.
The haunting, multi-layered vocal harmonies on Cardamom that mimic a medieval choir singing in an abandoned wooden chapel.
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Reviews
Tiny Mix Tapes4/ 5
“If you think you’ve heard songs more successful at melodrama and heavy mood than “Bad Magic” or more successful at the naked, perennial mode of “pure beauty” than “Requiem For Forgiveness,” I want you to forget them, because you are kidding yourself”
PopMatters7/ 10
“Bleeds plenty of transcendental tunery, smart secrets and Weyes’ words to unearth a rich reward for the curious”
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Pitchfork7.7/ 10
“These finely wrought songs introduce a fascinating and confidently subversive artist and offers a glimpse of the road she’s traveling”
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Consequence of SoundB
“Earthy melodrama for catacombs that deserves to be heard above ground”
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AllMusic4.5/ 5 stars
“It’s a stellar record, one that captivates both the heart and the imagination with an almost imperceptible grip”
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Loud and Quiet8/ 10
AnyDecentMusic7.7/ 10
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Metacritic82/ 100
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