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"Black Gold" is a fine, fine record and undoubtedly the greatest thing he's ever done.
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[A] vital, dolorous treasure.
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Like the Betas' Heroes to Zeros, Black Gold isn't a flashy record.... But unlike Heroes to Zeros, Black Gold sounds agreeably homespun.
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Q MagazineIt's good to have his unique groove back. [Jun 2006, p.116]
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The songs... are as wonderful, as creative, as exquisitely saddening as ever.
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UncutRather than a departure from the zig-zag folktronica of The Beta Band, [it is] more an incremental shift in oddness. [Jun 2006, p.105]
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garylJun 3, 2006Why is this brilliance not in the mainstream? As with the beta band, if you don't get it, you're not really listening.
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alicJun 3, 2006Fantastic Beta Band-esque fun and weirdness. Almost as if they never left us.