NY Times: "Signature Nickel Creek Blend, High Level of Songcraft” on New Album, "A Dotted Line"

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Nickel Creek and their new album, A Dotted Line, due Tuesday, are the subject of a feature in the New York Times. "The most striking feature about A Dotted Line is the sheer strength of the singing, and the frequency with which it takes flight in three-part harmony," writes the Times' Nate Chinen. "The signature Nickel Creek blend ... comes across loud and clear." He goes on to say: "There’s also a high level of songcraft on the album, though it’s scrupulously subtle, in the realm of elegant melodic contour and deft harmonic movement."

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A Dotted Line, the new album from a recently reunited Nickel Creek, out this Tuesday, April 1, on Nonesuch Records, is the subject of a feature article in the New York Times titled "Fed by Three Streams, a Creek Rises."

"The most striking feature about A Dotted Line is the sheer strength of the singing, and the frequency with which it takes flight in three-part harmony," writes the Times music critic Nate Chinen. "The signature Nickel Creek blend—partly a sibling thing, but also the product of countless hours of micro-adjustments in timbre and tone, not all of them consciously made—comes across loud and clear."

Chinen goes on to say: "There’s also a high level of songcraft on the album, though it’s scrupulously subtle, in the realm of elegant melodic contour and deft harmonic movement."

Read more and hear what band mates Chris Thile, Sara Watkins, and Sean Watkins have to say about officially reuniting for the first time since Nickel Creek's 2007 self-described "indefinite hiatus," at nytimes.com.

As noted earlier this week, A Dotted Line is streaming in full till Tuesday as a First Listen from NPR, whose Ann Powers says of the album: "It's tight, it's masterful; it's totally grown-up. But it's also a blast." Hear it now at npr.org/music.

To pre-order A Dotted Line, head to iTunes and the Nonesuch Store, where vinyl (due April 21) and CD orders include an instant download of three tracks off the album: "Destination," "Love of Mine," and "21st of May."

The band is heading out on tour in April, starting with a live broadcast performance of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor at New York's Town Hall. For details on all the shows, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

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  • Friday, March 28, 2014
    NY Times: "Signature Nickel Creek Blend, High Level of Songcraft” on New Album, "A Dotted Line"
    Brantley Gutierrez

    A Dotted Line, the new album from a recently reunited Nickel Creek, out this Tuesday, April 1, on Nonesuch Records, is the subject of a feature article in the New York Times titled "Fed by Three Streams, a Creek Rises."

    "The most striking feature about A Dotted Line is the sheer strength of the singing, and the frequency with which it takes flight in three-part harmony," writes the Times music critic Nate Chinen. "The signature Nickel Creek blend—partly a sibling thing, but also the product of countless hours of micro-adjustments in timbre and tone, not all of them consciously made—comes across loud and clear."

    Chinen goes on to say: "There’s also a high level of songcraft on the album, though it’s scrupulously subtle, in the realm of elegant melodic contour and deft harmonic movement."

    Read more and hear what band mates Chris Thile, Sara Watkins, and Sean Watkins have to say about officially reuniting for the first time since Nickel Creek's 2007 self-described "indefinite hiatus," at nytimes.com.

    As noted earlier this week, A Dotted Line is streaming in full till Tuesday as a First Listen from NPR, whose Ann Powers says of the album: "It's tight, it's masterful; it's totally grown-up. But it's also a blast." Hear it now at npr.org/music.

    To pre-order A Dotted Line, head to iTunes and the Nonesuch Store, where vinyl (due April 21) and CD orders include an instant download of three tracks off the album: "Destination," "Love of Mine," and "21st of May."

    The band is heading out on tour in April, starting with a live broadcast performance of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor at New York's Town Hall. For details on all the shows, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

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