2021, Oct 8

Geist

Apple Spotify Bandcamp Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter 78

Highly Rated Sub Pop Records Indieheads 32 Pitchfork 7.7/10 The Line of Best Fit 9/10 Clash 7/10 Mojo 4/5 The Observer 4/5 Northern Transmissions 9.0/10 Spectrum Culture 80% Uncut 9/10

Pitchfork 7.7/10 The singer-songwriter’s fourth album is largely focused on spiritual shifts and ruptures. Throughout, Geist presents a quiet, lovely, undramatic rendering of the dramatic.

The Line of Best Fit 9/10 Geist pulls off the impressive feat of nodding openly towards vintage inspirations whilst also sounding resoundingly distinctive, simultaneously timelessly classic and very now, ethereal yet intense.

Clash 7/10 There is delicate warmth to 'Geist's textured ruminations. A modern re-working of the long-preserved nylon-stringed folk tradition, as Shannon Lay

The Observer 4/5 Contemplative and full of subtle touches – and a Syd Barrett cover – the LA singer-songwriter’s fifth album dives deep