A New Way To Pay Old Debts - Bill Orcutt
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  • Summary: The reissue of the 2009 solo album for the former guitarist of the band Harry Pussy supplements the album with unreleased songs and two from High Wasted.

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  1. PopMatters
    May 23, 2011
    90
    This reissue of A New Way to Pay Old Debts tacks on the two-song "High Wasted" 7-inch and four previously unreleased tracks from the original recording sessions, making this scuzz-fuzz journey through the dirt and clay beneath the Mississippi Delta even more essential than it was upon its initial run through the experimental woodlands.
  2. Dusted Magazine
    May 23, 2011
    80
    A New Way... didn't need reinforcements, and taking in all 14 tracks in succession can be tough going, but a little bit of overkill doesn't dull the bracing energy of Orcutt's kinetic, four-string idioglossia.
  3. Pitchfork
    May 23, 2011
    80
    If you're not inclined toward acoustic improvisation or unstructured abstraction, Orcutt won't change your mind. But anyone can admire the raw soul of his playing and the way he shoots out ideas in real-time, reacting so quickly it's as if he's creating a new language as he speaks it.
  4. Delusions of Adequacy
    May 23, 2011
    80
    The feel of the piece is all, and its what carries the player, and the listener, through. In that respect, these records are essential listening for anyone who plays a guitar: invigorating, exciting and sometimes frustrating--but above all liberating music of the highest quality.

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