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- Summary: Jason Falkner produced the latest album for the Texas-based artist.
- Record Label: High Wire
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Things bog down a bit toward the end with the droning “Tomorrow Never Knows” homage of “Lost In My Infinite Memory” and the plodding title track, but the album still is a quick, concise listen, and may actually serve--after nearly 30 years--as this American original’s most accessible yet.
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It's the extraordinary wealth of hooks that leave a lasting impression here: Is and Always Was is hugely fun and endlessly listenable.
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Is And Always Was is an energetic, accessible album, and while Johnston’s shaky, sluggishly lisped vocals haven’t changed, he uses them confidently.
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Revered outsider artist makes move on the mainstream.
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Given that it's reassuring that he is writing and recording solo material again, it's disappointing that his fully finished renderings don't hold the same fascination as the sketches.
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Under The RadarJohnston's first album in six years, Is and Always Was, is uniformaly listenable. [Holiday 2009, p.78]
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Personally, I wouldn’t be that interested in going back to Is And Always Was (what’s in a title?) again. For devout followers, not new converts.
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