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Sea Sew
by Lisa Hannigan

Lisa Hannigan reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 75 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
9.5 out of 10
based on 4 reviews
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The debut solo album for the Irish singer, who has provided vocals on several of Damien Rice's albums.

LABEL: ATO
RELEASE DATE: 03 February 2009
DISCS: 1 disc
GENRE(S): Rock, Singer-Songwriter

What The Critics Said

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83
Entertainment Weekly
Hannigan may be introspective, but she knows how to coax a melody into the sunlight.
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80
Slant Magazine
Unassuming and refreshingly lacking in the pretension of so many contemporary folk-pop records, Sea Sew makes for both a challenging and a charming proper introduction for Hannigan.
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70
PopMatters
Though Sea Sew is a folk album, the music here is thrillingly lush.
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50
Under The Radar
These ten songs are mostly slight variations on a sonic theme, but it sure is a hauntingly pretty one. [Winter 2009]

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