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Jan 24, 2012Clear Heart is just good enough to keep us listening.
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Jan 23, 2012There are some growing pains on Clear Heart Full Eyes, but mostly this is a compelling and rewarding turn for Finn.
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MojoJan 31, 2012It's good to hear him outfront, vivid, quirky, and unconfined. [Feb 2012, p.95]
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Q MagazineFeb 21, 2012Swapping The Hold Steady's white-knuckled intensity for skeletal drums and echoing guitar gives Finn's voice more room to manoeuvre. A welcome change of pace. [Mar 2012, p. 100]
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Jan 24, 2012Finn certainly takes a paddle – if not quite a dive – into fresh sonic waters.
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Under The RadarJan 19, 2012Finn puts aside his usual shouty tales of druggy teenaged vagabonds to subtly engage with the quieter topics of God and love. [#39, p.68]
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Jan 23, 2012Despite its flaws this first solo offering is a human record; brave and honest, both in content and purpose.
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Jan 30, 2012The earnest but tepid Clear Heart Full Eyes, which as a solo album makes an excellent argument for sticking with your apostles.
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Jan 24, 2012On Clear Heart Full Eyes, Finn brings the stories (he always brings the stories), but as a whole, the album sounds atypically half-hearted.
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Alternative PressJan 9, 2012What's left are halfhearted Hold steady wannabes and dull stabs at poignancy.
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Mar 1, 2012The unfamiliarity between Finn and his backing group is palpable.
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Jan 23, 2012Finn's gift survives even the more uneven experiments.
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Jan 20, 2012Finn has a nice line in sardonic, declamatory assessments – "Certain things get hard to do when you're living in a rented room"; "I'm alive, except for the inside" – but there's little comparable imagination to the arrangements, which lean towards ironic country-rock and dispirited blues-rock.
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