La chanteuse belge emporte dans The Sparkle in Our Flaws assez de douceur pour amortir l’arrivée de l’automne, assez de délicatesse pour rallumer la lumière, pour faire vibrer les cordes qui blessent les cœurs d’une langueur monotone.
(La Liberté, Swiss)
Chantal Acda kan ze doen schitteren
(OOR, Netherlands)
Chantal Acda verlegt grenzen
(De Standaard, Belgium)
Klein, kwetsbaar, intiem en zo persoonlijk dat het voelt alsof je stiekem in haar dagboek bladert
(De Morgen, Belgium)
Wirklich nahezu perfekte Kompositionen treffen auf eine Leichtigkeit und Selbstverständlichkeit in der Umsetzung, wie es nur mit Spitzenmussikern überhaupt möglich ist
(Good Times, Germany)
The Sparkle in our Flaws op 3!
(in top 7 beste cd’s volgens de Standaard, Belgium)
Al centro, restano comunque le canzoni di Chantal Acda, piccoli miracoli di vulnerabilità e misurata forza espressiva, di armonia ed eleganza senza pari.
(Music Won’t Save You, Italy)
kleine Folk-Perle // die zu den schönsten gehören, die das Folk-Genre in diesem Jahr hervorgebracht hat
(Intro.de, Germany)
ethereal, full of swirling passions and whispering longings, an intoxicating, calming and beguiling journey trough the beauty of our imperfections
(Folkradio.co.uk, UK)
lieflijke folk met ritmebox, zachte zang en serene strijkers
(Kicking The Habit, Netherlands)
Sweet vulnerability // Perfectly flawed
(Uncut, UK)
it’s the subtlety of the arrangements, the softness of the harmonies, and the understated emotional depth of Chantal’s singing that slowly draws the listener in
(Whisperin And Hollorin, Ireland)
The overall experience is like walking over a frozen river. You never know when, or even if, the ground will give way underneath you but just going along with it is such a joy that contemplating its fragility becomes a secondary consideration to how it’s all holding you up atall.
(Echoes and Dust, UK)
The Sparkle in Our Flaws is hypnotic and effective, understated and poignant, slow to reveal its hand. A more striking album this year (and it should be heard as an album, not as tunes) will be hard to recommend.
(Rockzombies, USA)
Eén van de mooste platen van 2015
(Humo, Belgium)
Entre les terres folks et les nuages classiques, Chantal Acda rend un nouveau rapport de ses rêveries, cette fois légèrement plus sombres.
(Indiemusic, France)
Het is meer dan wat leuke plaatjes opleggen, het wordt echt wel persoonlijk.
(Chantal Acda in een interview over Off The Record in Focus Knack)
