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  • Summary: The latest release for the comedian features contributions from The Lemon Twigs' Brian and Michael D’Addario, Drew Erickson, Weyes Blood's Natalie Mering, and Foxygen's Jonathan Rado.
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  1. Oct 16, 2020
    90
    It owes something to the great songwriters and studio tones of the 1970s, but it's also strikingly timeless and authentic rock music, helmed by an underground Renaissance man.
  2. Oct 16, 2020
    80
    The project succeeds on its own terms as an outlet for Heidecker’s existential meditations and a seamless collaboration with a band of friends in his ’70s revivalist lane. Despite the humble aspirations, Fear of Death is Tim Heidecker’s most complete musical venture yet.
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    Oct 16, 2020
    70
    Fear Of Death plays mortality for dark laughs, while The Lemon Twigs and Foxygen's Jonathan Rado help Heidecker to whip up a note-perfect Randy Newman sound. [Dec 2020, p.30]
  4. Oct 16, 2020
    67
    Heidecker still struggles to escape from the grip of his own humor. His inability to set himself free of his comedy sometimes undermines his darkest lyrics’ gravity, but in a year so defined by life crumbling to pieces, there are worse things than laughing amid the wreckage.
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