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  • Summary: The latest album for the singer-songwriter from Hawaii is said to be based on his childhood experiences.

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The Field
Every step I take, takes me farther from you Every move I make reminds me that I'll always love you Since you were a child we've built our lives... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. On his best album yet, Jennings goes much darker, with chilling tales of addiction, madness and loss, all wrapped up in fuzzy electric guitars, feedback and raw, distorted vocals.
  2. Blood of Man sounds like that album's [2004's "Use Your Voice"] companion piece, merging the same traces of folk, roots rock, and small-town storytelling with a simple increase in volume.
  3. Completely self-recorded and mastered, Blood of Man isn’t dressed up in studio effects—it’s as raw and real as the writing itself.
  4. Where the first half of Blood of Man comes easily and is more or less classic Mason Jennings, the second loses a step as it strays too far into a style and presentation that is both out of pace and place.
  5. The problem is that the whole album ends up sounding like any other in the singing-songwriting surfer genre. The songs bleed into one another without much distinction musically.
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