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  • Summary: The San Francisco-based singer-songwriter releases his second album for the year.

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  1. Positive: 23 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 24
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  1. The A.V. Club
    Nov 8, 2011
    83
    Humor Risk might be another downer from this accomplished singer-songwriter, but its pulse beats strong as it bleeds.
  2. Mojo
    Jan 11, 2012
    80
    He might still be too unashamedly oddball to conquer the charts, but this is another work of warped brilliance. [Dec. 2011 pg. 95]
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  3. Blurt Magazine
    Nov 8, 2011
    60
    That McCombs is seeking a specialized niche seems all too obvious, even though his sound flirts with being elusive.

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