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Oct 14, 2013Let’s Be Still engages the most when it tiptoes outside of its comfort zone.
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Q MagazineJan 7, 2014It's a beautiful set of sweeping prairie ballads. [Jan 2014, p.122]
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Mar 3, 2014This is glossy Americana, mixing The Avett Brothers with Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros, its piano- and violin-led crescendos emulating old-timey grandeur.
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Oct 18, 2013Their strummy singalongs make them kin to the Mumfords, their choral singing to neighbors Fleet Foxes.
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Oct 23, 2013While unlikely to change anyone’s life, The Head And The Heart have produced a record that’s richly enjoyable and well performed throughout, establishing themselves as a worthy addition to their home town’s roll of honour.
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Oct 14, 2013While founders Jonathan Russell and Josiah Johnson do seem to come from the Simon & Garfunkel school of songcraft, an appreciation of California pop also comes out.
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Feb 28, 2014On Let’s Be Still, they sporadically do a good job of nagging at the heart, but fail to convince the head that this hasn’t been done better elsewhere, plenty of times before.
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Oct 15, 2013Let’s Be Still falters in its lethargy.
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Oct 14, 2013Let’s Be Still is wholesome and sincere, in the way those words were intended, and without any pretense or airs and graces.
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Oct 15, 2013On Let’s Be Still, the warm vocal tandem of Josiah Johnson and Jonathan Russell is pared down to its core vibrancy, as two soul-sapped, lovelorn bellowers more casually croon their wishes and woes.
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Oct 16, 2013Compared to their eponymous debut, Let’s Be Still leans more heavily on pop ditties, which enliven and invigorate the album.
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Entertainment WeeklyOct 18, 2013There's enough head and heart here to carry these guys long after the folk-rock fad fades. [25 Oct/1 Nov 2013, p.100]
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Alternative PressOct 14, 2013The Head And The Heart do pretty much everything right on Let's Be Still. [Nov 2013, p.88]
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Oct 14, 2013What The Head and The Heart do best are ballads, even if they can’t help themselves from venturing into other arenas now and again.
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Oct 16, 2013There is a hardy amount of sweet material on Let’s Be Still and it is a perfect accompaniment to a morning sunrise or a low-key soirée in the woods.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 20
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Mixed: 1 out of 20
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Negative: 1 out of 20
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Oct 15, 2013
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Mar 18, 2014
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Jan 8, 2014