At The Cut

EMAIL PRINTby Vic Chesnutt

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Album Info

Label: Constellation

Release Date: 22 September 2009

Discs: 1 disc

Genre(s): Rock, Alternative, Folk

Summary

Silver Mt. Zion Orchestra return for the Athens, GA-based singer-songwriter's latest album, the first of two album released this year [the live album, "Skitter On Take Off" was released October 6th].

Also By This Artist: Ghetto Bells Left To His Own Devices North Star Deserter Silver Lake

Also On The Web: Official Artist Site

What The Critics Said

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The Onion (A.V. Club)

Chesnutt put out his first solo album 19 years ago, yet At The Cut’s jarringly personal songs hit new peaks.

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cokemachineglow

While Skitter on Take-Off is a great album, At the Cut is a brilliant one.

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Uncut

A collection of cobwebbed country and chamber-pop spiked with dark wit, it peaks with "Flirted With You All My Life", a dialogue with the reaper that Chesnutt handles with impressive dignity. [Nov 2009, p. 83]

All Music Guide

At the Cut isn't as great a surprise as "North Star Deserter," but if you thought the brilliance of that album was a happy accident, this confirms these musicians complement each other very well and hopefully will continue to do so for a long time to come.

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Pitchfork

The restraint of the musicians involved leaves Chesnutt's fragility at the center of the music and lends the album an air of refinement and wisdom that could have easily been drowned out by guitarists more eager to call attention to themselves.

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Drowned In Sound

The musicians on the album--eight in total including Vic--seesaw between country, folk and indulgent Seventies rock, never reinventing wheels but generally giving the lyrical matter its appropriate platform.

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Spin

Reprising the underground all-star lineup from Chesnutt’s 2007 opus "North Star Deserter" (Fugazi’s Guy Picciotto, members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Silver Mt. Zion) yields similar results.

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Under The Radar

Vic Chesnutt has consistently astounded. At The Cut is thankfully no exception. [Fall 2009, p.72]

Mojo

A more effective synergy arrives as the musicians rein in the melodrama, proffering a subtler, shimmering folk rock canvas for Chesnutt's emotional daubings. [Nov 2009, p.91]

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