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Fables in a Foreign Land Image
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  • Summary: John Doe worked with Kevin Smith and Conrad Choucroun on his latest full-length release featuring folk songs set in 1890s.
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  • Record Label: Fat Possum Records
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Country-Rock, Roots Rock
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  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Classic Rock Magazine
    Aug 16, 2022
    80
    An evocative semi-concept work based in the 1890s. [Jun 2022, p.83]
  2. Aug 16, 2022
    80
    Doe and his accompanists sound fully engaged even when this music is whisper-quiet, and it's impressive that a record that sounds this casual is so compelling.
  3. Uncut
    Aug 16, 2022
    70
    The brutal realism Greil Marcus heard in X’s debut Los Angeles remains in John Doe’s solo incarnation as hard-bitten Americana troubadour, here offering 1890s tales of spartan hardship, his songs’ killers and victims chased across the South by poverty and guilt. [Jun 2022, p.26]
  4. Mojo
    Aug 16, 2022
    60
    A concept album set in the 1890s, revelling in simplicity. [Oct 2022, p.92]