The Low Anthem – Oh My God, Charlie Darwin

Guardian“These are magical songs laden with imagery and poignancy...” They occasionally burst the atmosphere with hoe-downs that sound like Tom Waits jamming with a bar band. This sounds like the work of two bands, meeting awkwardly. However, one of them is really great...

The Times“Low Anthem takes us into apocalyptic territory...” This gives the album a universality and ruthlessness that separates it from the genre it would otherwise slip into: the pure-sounding Americana of Fleet Foxes and Bon Iver...

The Telegraph“Not yet reviewed”

The Independent“Not yet reviewed”

Uncut“A fine mix of hymnal purity and barn-storming rock...” The album closes with a reprise of “To Ohio” – possibly superfluous given the perfection of the earlier version, but the only marginal misjudgement on an otherwise largely faultless album...

allmusic“Those who can keep up are in for a tuneful journey...” Charlie Darwin is that rare exception, a hybrid of old traditions and contemporary flourishes that sounds at once earthy, ethereal, and uncalculated...

MusicOMH“Not yet reviewed”

Financial Times“Not yet reviewed”

Pitchfork“Not yet reviewed”

Drowned In Sound“Part of what makes this album so compelling is purity...” Just as Waits has the power to infuse you with familiarity with the return of a chord, so do the songs of Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, like an embroidered pillow on an old porch that says ‘home sweet home’...