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- Summary: The first new studio release from David Pajo as Papa M in 15 years comes after a suicide attempt in 2015 and a motorcycle accident in March.
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- Record Label: Drag City
- Genre(s): Folk, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Lo-Fi, Indie Electronic, Post-Rock, Experimental Rock, Indie Folk, Slowcore
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Jan 3, 2017They're irresistibly elegiac spiritual balms.
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UncutNov 9, 2016A troubling journey, but happily an ongoing one. [Dec 2016, p.35]
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Nov 16, 2016Highway Songs is David Pajo’s protracted gasp for breath, his slammed fist on the table and his most resounding act of defiance. As we await certain brilliance, it will serve as a very fitting departure in the meantime.
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Nov 10, 2016Highway Songs encapsulates Pajo's life experiences into a poignant travelog, and considering all that he's been through, it's a life-affirming work.
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Dec 7, 2016Whichever iteration of Pajo’s music you might be looking for, you will find it here, just not in abundance.
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MagnetNov 16, 2016Consider the jarring Highway Songs a retrenchment in the wake of its creator's publicly nightmarish 2015: the album as spirit quest, as bridge. [No. 137, p.59]
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Nov 9, 2016Highway Songs feels both like an underwhelming experiment with moments of greatness, as well as a highly personal piece which is almost impossible to penetrate.