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Impossible Truth Image
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85

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7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

  • Summary: The second solo full-length release for the Nashville singer-songwriter was was produced by Mark Nevers.
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  • Record Label: Merge
  • Genre(s): Country, Folk, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Folk, Instrumental Rock, American Underground, Alternative Folk
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  1. May 28, 2013
    90
    This is a brilliant album created by a music virtuoso that will cement Tyler’s solo reputation earned from his 2010 debut, Behold the Spirit.
  2. Uncut
    Mar 29, 2013
    90
    Impossible Truth says more with six strings than most records manage with a thousand words. [May 2013, p.79]
  3. Apr 19, 2013
    84
    Tunes are built slowly and satisfyingly, ebbing and flowing into oceans of ambient sound. Through these layers, though, shine frequent flashes of utter brilliance.
  4. Magnet
    Mar 21, 2013
    80
    Tyler's command of his instrument is commendable, but his ability to use it for a compelling, lyrical collection of instro cuts is even more so. [No. 96, p.60]
  5. Mojo
    Apr 10, 2013
    80
    Impossible Truth is an unusually articulate trip. [May 2013, p.85]
  6. Mar 28, 2013
    80
    The Impossible Truth is more accessible than Behold the Spirit, but it is easily as adventurous, taking hold of places, spaces, and sounds, reimagining them and altering them just enough to make the entire recording sound at once immediately familiar and somehow wholly other.
  7. Mar 21, 2013
    70
    This is a fine soundtrack to a road movie that's yet to be filmed.

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