At Weddings

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AlbumAug 10 / 201810 songs, 43m 26s
Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk
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7.5 / 10

Sarah Beth Tomberlin’s debut album traces the hole left by the loss of her faith, filling it in with wave-like acoustic phrases and a sharp-eyed attention to everyday details.

9 / 10

Few losses of faith sound as beautiful as this

8.5 / 10

Sarah Beth Tomberlin’s debut album, At Weddings, is an ode to the uncertainty and overall dishevelment of your late teens and early twenties: bogged down by self-doubt, seeking validation from others, rebelling against unsolicited religious beliefs that were pressed upon you as a child (the 23-year-old singer/songwriter was born to strict Baptist parents) and longing for someone even though you know they’re a bad influence.

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At Weddings shows Tomberlin tapping into a tentative inner strength, creating a soothing record that ends up resisting its self-doubts and reaches out its hand

8 / 10

Existing within a haunting, hymnal veil, Sarah Beth Tomberlin's debut At Weddings is a loosely bound, but tender examination of a search for...

7.0 / 10

There is no love more restless and anxiety inducing than a love that remains unconfirmed. Unreciprocated love is one thing—you know where you stand at least—whatever pain that may bring, but to be constantly given contradictory impressions of how some

(Saddle Creek)

7 / 10

We're not saying this is a light listening - Tomberlin's 'At Weddings' sees her completely deconstructing her life as she knew it.

7.0 / 10

Tomberlin makes emotional bought often drawn-out folk-pop in our review of the personal but testing new album 'At Weddings'

4.3 / 5

Tomberlin - At Weddings review: Love is mostly war

8 / 10