Time And Patience (2025)

"The emotional intimacy of her songs has always been one of the most moving aspects of her music, and these bare-bones recordings are beautiful and striking. The purity of her instrument on "Write My Ticket," "Stray Paper," and "Plainest Thing" allows her to give her Joni Mitchell influences a moment in the spotlight, and what she learned from Mitchell serves her very well. The LP's other five tracks are previously unreleased: "Broad Daylight" and "Avalon Pier" are only slightly sparer than the Kitchen Recordings but similarly effective, "4th Street Windowsill" is a live recording of Merritt and her horn-enhanced band sounding powerfully soulful in the Southern style, the title track is a loose take where she is accompanied by piano and drums, and "Last Day I Knew What to Do" closes the set with a charging rocker (recorded during the Tambourine sessions) that proves she can belt it out strong when she wants to. The previously unheard songs are certainly up to Merritt's usual standards of quality." (AllMusic)

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