- Band Name: Cass McCombs
- Record Label: Domino
- Release Date: Oct 15, 2013
- Summary: The seventh full-length release for the indie singer-songwriter is a 22-track double-album featuring blues, country, folk, and jazz styles.
- Record Label: Domino
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Pop
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 12
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Mixed: 5 out of 12
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Negative: 0 out of 12
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Oct 11, 2013100You plug it in your ears in June and three months later you've barely listened to anything else. Highly recommended. [Nov 2013, p.104]
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Oct 15, 201392Spanning 22 tracks and the great sprawl of a nation, Big Wheel and Others compiles more of these vital impressions than any of McCombs’ previous releases, documenting something so damned beautifully alive--so restless and sensual and swinging and true--the album accrues power by virtue of its breadth.
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Oct 14, 201390What richly rewarding, flourishing, beautiful songs they are.
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Oct 16, 201367What it really lacks then is quality control and what it requires is a good deal of patience but, despite the occasions when it falters, elsewhere it’s consistently good, and sporadically brilliant.
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Oct 14, 201360Turn it off halfway through and it’s brilliant.
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Oct 10, 201360While those already enamored with McCombs' lyrical approach and subdued songwriting might find more of immediate value here than the uninitiated, there's a lot to sift through, even for fans, and it might be difficult to keep focus through the entire sometimes befuddling set.
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Oct 10, 201340This latest effort is not without its merits but is fundamentally too long, whilst its interludes are a cheap, unnecessary annoyance.