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Village Voice
Kimya Dawson
Hidden Vagenda
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Dawson's high little voice and whimsical imaginings camouflage a brave heart that gives her the courage to be silly—and enables her to confront psychological dysfunction more candidly than any mopeaholic or drama queen to come to my attention (which both types admittedly have a hard time getting). Her chin-up ditties don't connect every time, but her abandonment of home recording will win new listeners anyway. Pop quiz: Who do you think is the target of the do-what-I-do advice "They can't all be ballads Julian"? A MINUS
Entertainment Weekly
Reviewed by Ken Tucker
EW's GRADE
A-
DETAILS
Release Date: Oct 05, 2004; Lead Performance: Kimya Dawson
The chalky voice of the Moldy Peaches offers her fourth solo release, Hidden Vagenda, and at this point, Kimya Dawson's unaffected earnestness, firm sense of morality, and pretension-cutting playfulness are starting to seem like a miracle. These qualities are distilled in the shimmering ''My Heroes,'' but, really, they combine over the entire album — which includes unironic mentions of everyone from Jay Leno to Julian Lennon — with Dawson's acoustic guitar, toy piano, and tootling brass accompaniment to achieve the rare bliss of adult pop wisdom.