The Deep Field

AlbumJan 24 / 201111 songs, 59m 24s
Singer-Songwriter
Noteable
4.5 / 10

Joan Wasser's third album as Police Woman lacks the marquee guest stars of her former work, and finds her struggling to find a compelling voice.

Honest, unabashed and straight from the heart.

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Stylistically The Deep Field finds Wasser reflecting on her path so far, reworking those influences deftly; opener Nervous aptly startles with a jagged hark back to her earliest EP, whilst the heralding Run for Love sits at the polar end of her career – dense, matured and dignified.

7 / 10

No difficult third album syndrome for Joan Wasser, building on the sublime and slinky soulful rock which made parts of ‘To Survive’ such a delight to hear and pushed her name further past the conf

8 / 10

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Here are two comparisons I never expected to make: at various points on The Deep Field, Joan Wasser sounds like the Dirty Projectors or the Flight of the Conchords.

Album Reviews: Joan As Police Woman - The Deep Field