Blood - Review Round-up

I think Blood has to be one of Juliana’s most widely praised records of her career. A selection of the reviews:

Will Pinfold, Spectrum Culture (85%):

Juliana Hatfield’s 19th solo album is one of her finest: an ideal marriage of catchy melody, musical experimentation and troubled lyricism.

Bill Pears, Brooklyn Vegan:

The indie rock great delivers equal parts pop hooks and anger/frustration on one of her best records

Frank Valish, Under The Radar (7/10):

It’s exciting to see an artist who, despite an estimable catalog, is continuing to make the best music of her career, year after year.

LamontPaul, Outsideleft:

Ten summer-friendly, hummable, toe-tappers with soft bursts of Mellotrons and Hammond organs -- it’s a Best of 2021 contender, for sure.

Carli Scolforo, Paste:

Blood is bubbly and sweet while still being rough around the edges, with plenty of head-turning lines to boot.

Domenic Strazzabosco, Riff Magazine (7/10):

There’s a string of particularly gruesome names during the second portion of the work. However, during these, it becomes more obvious that, though the songs are shrouded in the carnage, they are really about trying to be a nice and caring person in an increasingly tense and violent world.

John Moore, New Noise (4/5):

Much like’s 2017’s Pussycat, politics is all over Blood making for some of Hatfield’s strongest songwriting in decades.

Carlo Thomas, Beats Per Minute (74%):

Blood is an undeniably fun album brimming with indie-pop sensibilities and anthemic energy that makes listeners want to sing along. But what lines they’d sing!

Raeann Quick, mxdwn:

..an important addition to Hatfield’s large body of work

Russ Holsten, Slug Mag:

The album pulses with beeps, fuzz, distortion and random video game sounds. A song can sound melodic one minute and sound like crushed cans the next. It all works with the tone of the record.

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