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  • Summary: Douglas McCombs of Tortoise returns to his side project with a new band that includes Pete Croke, Chris Hansen, and James Elkington for his fourth release.

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 9
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  1. All Music Guide
    Jan 30, 2013
    80
    McCombs and crew have painted a portrait of endless highways, ghost towns, and sunburnt moments of ecstatic possibility.
  2. PopMatters
    Jan 22, 2013
    60
    It is by no means below-average, but you may develop a fondness for the inconsistent qualities of Field Recordings from the Cook County Water Table, an album where each track--for better or worse--would plunge.
  3. Mojo
    Feb 6, 2013
    60
    Polished arrangements in a mix of menacing, reverb-drenched grooves and languid shimmer. [Mar 2013, p.98]
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  4. Exclaim
    Jan 22, 2013
    60
    Black Rock is still filled with McCombs' spacious, isolating tracks ("Tonight at Ten," "Gold!"), which are best for lonely winter evenings.

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