1.13.2023: Wow, there is an incredible layered bass to the opening cut ‘Been to the Mountain’. Awesome guest artists, Tom Petty’s sideman Mike Campbell and the great Sharon Van Etten add to this great album.
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Jenn Pelly at Pitchfork writes: For over a decade, the highwire eloquence of the Angel Olsen songbook has been grounded by the emotional weight of living mostly in your mind. The heaviness of solitary dreaming
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2021: This is one of my favorite albums of ‘21. It is reminiscent of fellow Englishmen The Waterboys (#306). It is so fucking uplifting.
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11.4.20 Empty Horses has way more in common with Neil Young than the experimental lo-fi fuzz rock sounds of Sprout’s former band Guided By Voices (#621). ‘Breaking Down’ is an utterly beautiful Americana country piece.
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2/12/20 Those of you out there that are moved by Tom Waits hearth-wrenching ballads, like “Hold On” on Mule Variations, will probably really dig this record. John’s voice is certainly reminiscent of the Waits gruff vox.
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Jim Hynes at Glide Magazine writes: Jim Lauderdale’s 32nd studio album From Another World marks the singer/songwriter’s encore to last year’s acclaimed Times Flies. Lauderdale, of course, has penned country hits for the likes of George Strait,
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9.12.18 Authentic as hell. This has all the good real country sound as Shooter’s 70s outlaw father’s records did. I’m living in a Minor Key” and “Shade & Hues” are more on the ballad side of things. They really stood out for me.
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With this here record The Order of Time Valerie June beautifully and authentically combines these genres. Pedal steel & acoustic guitar country (the closing track has fiddles and banjos) and bluesy soul organ, horns and vox flow perfectly together.
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10.10.17 Look at the cover of this album. That fella is 22 years old! Now listen to the album. That fella is 22 years old! How is this possible. Maybe I am reading misprints. Maybe the dust filled plains of Canadian heartland Saskatchewan mixed
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Update: 6.20.23 I moved this album to the Top 1000 9.18.17 This is one album that I might have to eventually find parking for on the main 1000 list. Other than Radiohead’s A Moon Shaped Pool this might be one of the better albums in the last few years.
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6.6.17 Fans of Springsteens Nebraska sound will gravitate to the sound of this great new alt-country album. Armed with a gritty low manly voice Moreland delivers well crafted and honest moving music.
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3.10.17 I think The Sadies might be one of Canada’s better bands. I have never thought Canada could claim Neil Young.. especially since he has lived in the Santa Cruz Mountains for almost half a century. I am from Seattle and I have said for years
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