“One reason Newsom inspires such intense reactions is because what she does is so difficult to categorize. If you know an album is, say, post-punk, or dubstep, it’s easy to judge by the standards of those genres, and therefore to keep at a safe distance. Try to label what Newsom does in a sentence or two, and you just tie yourself in knots (the “freak-folk” label isn’t really trendy anymore and doesn’t aptly describe what she’s done since her first album; “art-pop” is okay, except that Newsom doesn’t really make pop; her love of storytelling clearly has a lot to do with the Anglo-Appalachian ballad tradition, except she doesn’t adhere to that genre’s strophic forms, or plainspoken language, or much of anything else; etc.).

Have One On Me will do little to change all that, and so 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.” - Dusted Reviews

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