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Feb 11, 2013The emotive finesse of ‘Cherry Blossoms’ might further the calls for a shoulder to blub on, but chugging full-band showstopper ‘Ramona’ shows Yellen’s songwriting to be as rich as his voice.
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Feb 19, 2013Country Sleep is a convincing opening from a songwriter worth paying attention to.
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Feb 11, 2013In spite of the self-conscious effort to create something "beautiful", the songs slowly reveal themselves to be things of real beauty.
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Q MagazineFeb 8, 2013The 23-year-old Nashville resident's keening voice can drag you in with either the acoustic intimacy of 22, which resembles the stark folk of Father John Misty, or the electrified rock of Ramona. [Mar 2013, p.95]
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MojoFeb 6, 2013Think more of pastoral My Morning Jacket or Irish superstar-in-waiting James Vincent McMorrow and their keening, introspective-yet-expansive songs. [Mar 2013, p.96]
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UncutFeb 6, 2013Country Sleep will never get a party swinging, but if you're in the mood to have your heart ripped out, it does the job beautifully. [Mar 2013, p.75]
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Feb 6, 2013Regardless of the reason, Country Sleep is more immediately accessible and rewarding than most of the records from the artists listed above, a stunning surprise debut that will be sitting somewhere in my annual top ten come December.
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Feb 6, 2013A gorgeously warm, fuzzy album by a man wise--and sad--beyond his tender years.
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Feb 22, 2013Winston Yellen’s debut Country Sleep builds an intangible place you’re immediately delivered to upon first listen.
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Feb 6, 2013In a lot of ways, Country Sleep delivers while still making you feel like it's playing on your vulnerability.
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Apr 3, 2013It would be a fully-formed debut for artists of any age. So it’s all the more impressive that Yellen is only 23 years old.
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Feb 11, 2013This record might not quite affiliate the soundtrack to your stereotypical image of a hoedown, but it’d more than cater for the boozy walk home under starry skies.
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Feb 6, 2013It is dreamy and languid, warm and inviting in turn; a soulful work by a talented young singer-songwriter that hints at a bright and beautiful future.
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Feb 6, 2013Yellen employs a set of pipes that are as deft as a swallow's, allowing the arrangements the space they need to set the tone, and then swooping in to seal the deal.