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Aug 17, 2017Murry reaches their greatest heights on Wrong Man, which treats a relationship’s death as a foregone conclusion to gorgeously unfiltered effect. It’s little wonder the evocatively scraped strings and precarious piano of When God Walks In barely hold themselves together, though Murry’s capacity for clarity is equally pronounced.
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Aug 15, 2017Murry's singular talent makes sure this record never sinks beneath the weight of its influences.
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Q MagazineAug 3, 2017The results are rich in impact and surprise. [Sep 2017, p.113]
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MojoJul 21, 2017Musically simpler and less baroque than The Graceless Age, the album's autobiographical arc is conversely harder to glean, its lyrics more oblique. Murry's greatest ability, however, is to make the listener wince uncomfortably while peeking through their fingers at his captivating, compulsive honesty. [Aug 2017, p.88]
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UncutJul 21, 2017Images abound of betrayal, compromise, opportunities selfishly squandered. But a kind of redemptive enlightenment emerges. [Aug 2017, p.34]
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Jul 21, 2017A Short History Of Decay is raw, honest and painful: listening to its 10 songs feels like intruding on someone’s personal grief.
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Jul 21, 2017Ultimately these fixings lack the transformative quality to transmute depression into art.