Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me

Uncut“It sounds very much like a second masterpiece...” Have One On Me is suffused with space, invention and playfulness, even in the face of Newsom's sometimes unnerving intensity. It's also exceptionally beautiful...

The Telegraph“Full of haunting imagery and precise, poetic evocations of mood...” There’s a new directness in songs such as this which may even convert the doubters to Newsom’s unique, mesmeric and magnificent sound...

The Independent“A monumental work in more ways than one...” Will you last the distance? Only Newsom could make you even ponder such a thing...

MusicOMH“A masterpiece...” Just as readers of a novel don't usually compare chapter with chapter, so Have One On Me demands to be taken as a whole, each fragment a microcosm of the whole...

Drowned In Sound“A stunning and ambitious piece of work; one for the ages...” An arresting metafiction, a hugeness that pulls you in like new love, and becomes unbearably sad, the weight of silence after two hours is heavy and cinematic, and like the best rangy films you carry it with you long afterwards...

The Times“Breathtaking songs...” You may glare at your iTunes browser and notice that here’s another that checks in at nine minutes. Once again it might seem like a commitment, but time drags only when you notice its passing...

Guardian“Newsom has finally conquered her voice...” The witch-child who squawked The Milk-Eyed Mender songs has been sent up to bed. Now Newsom can lilt and croon at will, two hours in her company flies by...

allmusic“Not yet reviewed”

Dusted Magazine“What she does is so difficult to categorize...” The only clear point of reference is her own previous work. Beyond that, though, it’s enough to say that it’s her, and if you loved Ys as much as this writer did, you’re probably going to love Have One On Me also...

Pitchfork“Discover new things with every listen...” Returning to the most immediate songs causes their charm and appeal to bleed into the tracks that surround them-- so the album seems to grow and change as you listen...