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Q MagazineMay 16, 2011He fashions an album that's playful and dewy-eyed, without being juvenile. [May 2011, p.109]
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UncutApr 13, 2011Alexander isn't far off great. [May 2011, p.86]
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Mar 15, 2011Despite a new sense of freedom, Ebert carefully crafts the album to keep a good balance between a full sound layered with an array of instruments and vocals to simpler textures that showcase just one element of the music.
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Apr 13, 2011Ultimately this sounds like a side project, which can only be so disappointing when that's precisely what it is.
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Apr 12, 2011There's a master at work here and if he finds his filter he'll no doubt lose some of that fairy dust.
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Apr 8, 2011Alexander is a thoroughly enjoyable LP, but one that comes across as ever-so-slightly lightweight.
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Mar 15, 2011The result is a sunny, homemade-sounding record, but these aren't throwaway songs -- there's enough melody here to warrant attention regardless of Ebert's success with the Magnetic Zeros, and while that band's blissed-out bombast is an obvious touchstone, Alexander covers significantly more ground.
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Mar 15, 2011On Alexander, Ebert proves he's just as capable on his own as he is sharing a stage with nine other musicians.
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Under The RadarMay 27, 2011While Alexander, is not exactly the most varied albums, it is pleasantly--and impressively--cohesive, balancing just the right amount of sun-drenched melodies and unhinged heartache. [May 2011, p.83]
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Apr 5, 2011"Awake My Body" crash-lands somewhere between "Yellow Submarine" and Harry Nilsson's kid-friendly "The Point!" and it's as clumsy as that analogy implies. When the songs stay on track, though, they are often otherworldly.
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Mar 29, 2011Sure, Alexander is an unsteady and uncertain release, but it's also a trial run by someone who has already made it.
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Mar 15, 2011If it's vaguely hippie-ish and vaguely Californian, count on Ebert to work it into his solo debut: acid-folk reveries, Beck-ish busker rap, lyrics about Vietnam, sensitive maleness, Dylanisms, yodeling, calling women "mama," reggae, bongos.