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- Summary: After walking away from his deal with Rough Trade Records due to alcohol and exhaustion two years ago, the Alabama singer-songwriter worked with the Civil Wars' John Paul White and the Alabama Shakes' Ben Tanner on his third full-length release.
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- Record Label: Single Lock Records
- Genre(s): Country, Pop/Rock
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| Cautionary Tale | |
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| i feel i'm flying blind when i know that my mind won't relieve me not much to be said when my heart and my head still deceive me don't offer up help... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 6 out of 9
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Mixed: 3 out of 9
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Negative: 0 out of 9
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Jan 27, 2016His high, husky voice recounts tales of hope and desperation over immaculate production that combines the staples of guitar, bass and drums with restrained washes of strings--about as far from the stifling, mainstream Nashville Sound as imaginable.
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MojoJan 11, 2016The upshot shocks with unexpected new ground. [Feb 2015, p.93]
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Q MagazineJan 11, 2016The songs this time have a depth and a warm maturity, a Neil Young sensibility coupled with a soul-singer sensuality and a distinct pop edge. [Feb 2016, p.113]
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Jan 15, 2016Lyrically LeBlanc is still mired in the faux-verisimilitude and myopic ruminating that are the bane of all twentysomethings, but with Cautionary Tale, his finest outing to date, he's stepped far enough out of his shell that the world around him is starting to come into focus.
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Jan 19, 2016LeBlanc has found firm footing with the help of fellow Muscle Shoals musicians John Paul White and Ben Tanner, who have helped the Shreveport, Louisiana native flesh out his musical strengths and make the most mature, cohesive record in his still-fresh career.
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Jan 19, 2016He doesn’t sustain the magic, however, with the result that Cautionary Tale is very much a front-loaded affair, the likes of Lightning and Thunder failing to spark.
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Jan 11, 2016The result is a record that, on the surface, sounds beautiful from start to finish. At times, though, these arrangements create a smoke-and-mirrors effect that obscures the weak spots in LeBlanc’s songwriting.
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Positive: 1 out of 2
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Mixed: 1 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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May 28, 2016
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Jan 15, 2016
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