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May 8, 2018Here Lies the Body holds a sweeter and more sentimental Moffat than one might expect. Some of these songs could be parallel universe versions of Arab Strap tales; the scenes quite similar, but the perspective lightened, finding tender humor in human intimacy that’s tart but not bitter.
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May 22, 2018While there might be a pleasing inevitability to their sonic tryst--and even to its shagging-and-dying trajectory--there is nothing predictable about Here Lies The Body.
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MojoMay 21, 2018A misbegotten romance plays out across the album in disturbing, always enthralling fashion. [Jul 2018, p.98]
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May 18, 2018Here Lies The Body might contain its fair share of matters of the flesh, but it’s also an album of depth, ideas and ambition that retains a highly personal feel. Moffat and Hubbert prove the collaborative Scottish spirit is in fine condition.
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May 16, 2018This isn’t a linear narrative, with our author bending the fabric of time to suck us deeper into the emotional life of the characters in his story. As devices go, it’s a sharp one.
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UncutMay 8, 2018It's droll, evocative and occasionally moving. [Jun 2018, p.30]
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May 8, 2018The wit and wisdom of Moffat is about as sharp as ever here and ‘Hubby’ is clearly at the top of his game.
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Q MagazineMay 8, 2018A starkly modern folk record centered on a narrative of a mother leaving her family. [Jul 2018, p.114]