How the Thing Sings
by Bill Orcutt
Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. The Wire
    Dec 6, 2011
    80
    On How The Thing Sings, Orcutt reveals a more open vision. [Oct 2011, p.58]
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  2. Consequence
    Oct 5, 2011
    80
    All the way down to the expansive 21-minute album closer, "A Line From Ol' Man River", the distorted soundscapes are powerful, evocative, and a must listen.
  3. Pitchfork
    Oct 5, 2011
    80
    You may not love all the moves Orcutt makes, but together they quicken your pulse and pressurize the atmosphere, much as a good horror film makes even calm moments seem one second away from shock.
  5. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Oct 5, 2011
    80
    On his latest, How the Thing Sings, Orcutt summons from this compromised thing a droning, sputtering blues that is utterly personal, theoretically rigorous, skeptical of tradition, and completely enthralling.

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