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House With No Home

Generally favorable reviews
Based on 12 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 4 votes
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Album Info
Label: Kill Rock Stars
Release Date: 09 September 2008
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Folk
Summary
The sophomore album for the folk band from Portland, Oregon.
Also On The Web: Horse Faethers @ Kill Rock Stars Official Artist Site (MySpace)
What The Critics Said
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The Phoenix
Any initial quaintness complexifies into something richer, more layered.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club)
It leaves a lot implied, but slowly clears the way for a chilling catharsis.
Read Full Review >Tiny Mix Tapes
If you like gorgeous folk, then this album is for you. If you don’t, well, The Hold Steady released something not that long ago.
Read Full Review >Village Voice
Singer Justin Ringle often muffles his words or loses them altogether (as though a wool scarf were covering his mouth) as he trudges through cadences reminiscent of Ryan Adams or Iron & Wine's Sam Beam, delicately dotting his stanzas with multi-dimensional characters weathering the winters of their existence. Which is more enriching than it sounds.
Read Full Review >PopMatters
House With No Home is the ideal second album for a band like this: a refinement and broadening and deepening, even of their sound, one that suggests a rich and hopefully lasting career.
Read Full Review >musicOMH.com
They are not evidence of a group wallowing in their own experimental pretentiousness. They are the finishing touches on an already admirable piece of work.
Read Full Review >Dusted Magazine
It is really a much more modern album than the Americana tag would at first suggest, and the songs are as instantaneous and memorable as the best pop music.
Read Full Review >Pitchfork
They cast a powerful spell and sustain it over 11 tracks, yet at times you wish they'd jam, or perform a cover, or do anything to break it up somehow.
Read Full Review >All Music Guide
the two carve up each track like master craftsman, finding the perfect middle ground between the sparse, reverb-laden landscapes of the Great Lake Swimmers and the orchestral, aching beauty of Hem.
Read Full Review >Almost Cool
I wasn't expecting the group to completely break from their ways on this follow-up, but melodically and musically it's a little too close to the debut to really feel like it breaks any new ground.
Read Full Review >Mojo
Brodericks' augmentations tend to eclipse Rngle's sometimes evanescent songwriting. [Jan 2008, p.101]
Under The Radar
Each track possesses a sad beauty, thanks largely to Peter Broderick's heavily arranged bluegrass instrumentation, but Ringle's faint, barely decipherable vocals act like fog obscuring a lush forest. [Fall 2008, p.86]
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Sam gave it an8:
Gorgeous folk album that grows with intensity by the listen.
