Alela Diane's recently released album 'About Farewell' has received massive UK acclaim, being 'Album of the Week' in The Telegraph, Sunday Times Culture and Sunday Express with many big 4**** reviews across other broadsheets and music print press (scroll down for just a small selection below). Similarly online saw a glowing 8/10 review on TLOBF and a near-perfect 4.5/5 on Music OMH. Some quotes below:
“‘About Farewell’ is a gentle, rueful, often beautiful record” - Uncut 7/10
“(An) album of personal and elegantly powerful songcraft” - Metro
“Poetic tributes to the pains of parting” - I newspaper
“Excellent, quiet and occasionally slightly desperate sounds anatomising her recent divorce” - Guardian Guide
"In a cloud of beautiful sadness" - NME
“Delicate ruminations make the sad times beautiful" - NME
"Everything in her delivery reveals a deeply poetic person. It's done with the elegance of a novelist" - NME
“Alela Diane has released the best album of her career, the wonderful ‘About Farewell” - Music OMH 4.5/5
“Crafted songs filled with emotion and melody that reward repeated listening” - Evening Standard 4/5
“Sad, class and thoughtful” - Independent on Sunday 3/5
“Writerly vignettes and restrained introspection” - The Observation
“If the very best albums are borne out of heartache, then Alela Diane’s recent divorce might just be the making of her - brave and brilliant” - Sunday Express ‘Album of the Week’ 5/5
“Alela Diane’s finest work to date” - The Telegraph ‘CD of the Week’
“‘About Farewell’ is a gentle, rueful and often beautiful record” - Uncut 7/10
“Swooping, majestic and wondrous Americana” - Daily Mirror 4/5
“Following in the footsteps of innumerable classic break up albums, the album delves into her experiences, making for a hugely powerful work, both lyrically and musically” - TLOBF 8/10
“(Alela Diane’s) ability to craft songs that are both delicate and incredibly powerful, along with her stunning, effortless voice prevent the honesty from being alienating.” - TLOBF 8/10
“This is a country album with the grace of a jazz singer, the mind of an empowered woman and the production of a musician born again. ‘About Farewell’ will certainly make it onto our end of year list, and we’re willing to bet it’ll make it high.” - Drunken Werewolf blog
“It’s one of the best, most considered break-up records you’re likely to hear” - Fok Folks Sake
"It is beautifully sad, but not hopeless. There is a timeless, elegant feel to the entire album, hinting that Alela Diane will someday deserve a place in the golden circle of iconic singer-songwriters. In my opinion, she already does." - Common Folk Music
"It’s rare to find an album like this, with every single song possessing a powerful emotional punch that pulls you in right away." - Common Folk Music