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Jan 3, 2017They're irresistibly elegiac spiritual balms.
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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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UncutNov 9, 2016A troubling journey, but happily an ongoing one. [Dec 2016, p.35]
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Nov 9, 2016At nine tracks and 27 minutes long, Highway Songs isn't the longest of albums, an element that's perhaps suggestive of the brief period documented by these songs. The best is saved for last, though, as Pajo's true shot at self-redemption makes for a stunning close.
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Nov 21, 2016Highway Songs ultimately feels hopeful rather than weary, upbeat rather than defeated.
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The WireDec 21, 2016Rather than confessional catharsis, Highway Songs has the diaristic, sketchbook feel of the compulsively creative. [Dec 2016, p.64]
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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 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 2, 2016Papa M is back. His best album? No. A self-proclaimed “weird ass record” of diary sketches and fragments that beam with refound passion and optimism? Hell yeah.
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Nov 14, 2016There are some sublime moments, but it doesn’t make for a cohesive whole.
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MojoNov 9, 2016More a set of unconnected pieces than a single, cohesive whole, while not short on individual charm it's hard not to see this as anything other than a warm-up for the main event to come. [Dec 2016, p.91]
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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.