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From Dreams to Dust
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  • Summary: The latest full-length release for the folk rock band was recorded at a one-room church and was mixed by Mike Mogis.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Sputnikmusic
    Sep 20, 2021
    100
    From Dreams to Dust packs all the wit, creativity, and emotionally compelling depth that you'd expect from a band leading the country/Americana charge - until now, we just didn't know that band was The Felice Brothers.
  2. Uncut
    Sep 15, 2021
    80
    It also might be the best album this consistently weird and interesting bunch have made. [Oct 2021, p.27]
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  3. American Songwriter
    Sep 15, 2021
    80
    This album demands the full attention of the listener, an old-school concept; those that put the most into it will get the most out of it. Dig in. It’s worth the effort.
  4. Mojo
    Sep 15, 2021
    80
    Throughout, the Brothers' riotous dustbowl carnival sounds and Ian's pointed deadpan make for a consistently entertaining cocktail. [Oct 2021, p.92]
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  5. Glide Magazine
    Sep 16, 2021
    80
    The Felice Brothers take great chances with performances like these, but make them sound wholly natural based on unerring instincts they’ve honed over the years.
  6. AllMusic
    Sep 17, 2021
    80
    These songs are full of a wobbly confidence that puts a tight focus on the personal and political, lashing out at a world of waste and injustice ("To-Do List," "Money Talks") while Felice wavers between a playful appreciation of his own eccentricity ("Jazz on the Autobahn") and a less charitable observer who has something timely and eloquent to say. The band's ragged but right grooves are in especially good shape this time out.
  7. Classic Rock Magazine
    Sep 15, 2021
    70
    It's a slow-burn of an album, sounding more layered with each listen, the strain of a pedal steel woven into the fabric of the songs. [Oct 2021, p.79]
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  1. Shrimpy
    Oct 18, 2021
    10
    This album for me is their best and a real crowning achievement for a band that continues to get better ever album they make. It revolvesThis album for me is their best and a real crowning achievement for a band that continues to get better ever album they make. It revolves around the theme of death and mortality as well as the daily tasks we all do along the way. The full sound of the instrumentals is especially impressive. They added a bassist and new drummer with their last album Undress. Both add a great dynamic to Ian and James(the multi instrumentalist). There is not a bad song on the album. Ian writes 9 and James 3 of the 12 overall. Valium and Inferno are two of the best in the middle of the album. However I feel the best song on the album contrary to many reviewers so far is Celebrity X. It is so clever with the use of letters to describe the tabloid lifestyle many celebrities live day in and day out. It is very catchy as well. I also feel We Shall Live Again is another end of the album masterpiece for Ian like Days of the Years was on their last one. Great imagery. This album and all of their albums should be listened to by the masses. They are making some of the best music right now in any genre.… Expand
  2. bartewing
    Jan 6, 2022
    10
    This was my album of the year, Jazz on The Autobahn was my song of the year, it's their best album (of many great ones) musically, lyrically,This was my album of the year, Jazz on The Autobahn was my song of the year, it's their best album (of many great ones) musically, lyrically, thematically, creatively - they just nailed it.… Expand
  4. lwtos
    Nov 14, 2021
    9
    One of their best albums so far and also one of the best folk albums general!

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