Surrender

Pitchfork 7.3/10 The “Alaska” star’s second album, which shares its title with her Harvard Divinity School thesis, asks big questions about life through confident pop anthems.

The Line of Best Fit 7/10 Maggie Rogers attempts to find synergy between competing understated folk and maximalist electropop impulses on Surrender

NME 4/5 On her second album, the singer-songwriter ratchets things up several notches to find her most powerful form yet

Evening Standard 4/5 Rogers followed up a Grammy win by enrolling in university, but this album should mean she doesn’t have to apply for any grad jobs

Rolling Stone 3.5/5 Reiew: Maggie Rogers' 'Surrender'

DIY 4/5 Somehow both modern and instilled in the past.

The Forty Five 4/5 Faced with the numbness and antipathy of modern life, Maggie Rogers fights back with feeling on second album 'Surrender'

The Skinny 2/5 Even with songs that are brash, chunky and loud, Maggie Rogers gives over to pared back singer-songwriter fare that reigns it all in.

Under The Radar 8.5/10 It is only fitting that Maggie Rogers recently graduated from Harvard Divinity School, as her sophomore release has proven her the indisputable patron saint of millennial pop.

Clash 8/10 While doing my degree, I did a lot of nothing, just the classic sleeping through early classes and pretending Mondays didn’t exist. What did Maggie Rogers

The Observer 4/5 Urgent, forthright and rocking out, the American’s second studio album is a compelling change of direction

Loud and Quiet 5/10 Maggie Rogers knows how to construct a big pop tune – perhaps too well. Surrender often feels like a simulacrum of a great pop record

Pop Matters 8/10 Maggie Rogers' sophomore LP 'Surrender' heads in an alt-pop/rock direction and tackles ambition in all its glorious ability to make or break ourselves.

The Telegraph 3/5 Beyoncé's latest is empowering and exhausting, King Princess delivers pop gold, and Maggie Rogers supplies ravenous, hollering songs

The Irish Times 3/5 A confident second offering, but Rogers' radio-friendly songs lack emotional heft