Dear Companion

Pitchfork 7.8/10 Espers singer offers another solo collection of traditional ballads, unlikely covers, and well-crafted originals.

A.V. Club A- Espers co-founder and songwriter Meg Baird wisely takes a stripped-down approach with her solo debut, Dear Companion. That turns out to be the right move, since a lush, multi-guest affair could have sounded like an Espers album, and the freak-folk scene doesn't need to be any more confusing. It also unmasks Baird's…

Pop Matters 7/10 When all of the psych-, freak-, and anti- qualifiers are stripped away, the heart of those movements (ideally) is just good old, plain folk: music meant to...