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Let's Be Still
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  • Summary: The second full-length release for the Seattle folk rock group was produced with Shawn Simmons and mixed by Peter Katis.
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These are just flames Burning in your fireplace I hear your voice and it seems As if it was all a dream I wish it was all a dream I see a world A... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Oct 18, 2013
    91
    There'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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  2. Delusions of Adequacy
    Oct 16, 2013
    80
    There 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.
  3. Q Magazine
    Jan 7, 2014
    80
    It's a beautiful set of sweeping prairie ballads. [Jan 2014, p.122]
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  4. American Songwriter
    Oct 14, 2013
    70
    What The Head and The Heart do best are ballads, even if they can’t help themselves from venturing into other arenas now and again.
  5. The Line of Best Fit
    Oct 14, 2013
    70
    Let’s Be Still is wholesome and sincere, in the way those words were intended, and without any pretense or airs and graces.
  6. AllMusic
    Oct 14, 2013
    70
    Let’s Be Still engages the most when it tiptoes outside of its comfort zone.
  7. The A.V. Club
    Oct 15, 2013
    50
    Let’s Be Still falters in its lethargy.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. skadosmen
    Jan 8, 2014
    10
    this is one of the most perfect albums I've heard in my life! the sounds and the lyrics make perfect my days all the songs are beautiful andthis is one of the most perfect albums I've heard in my life! the sounds and the lyrics make perfect my days all the songs are beautiful and my fav is let's be still.… Expand
  2. RamonGuerrero
    May 2, 2014
    10
    The Head and The Heart has taken over all country-folk bands, by bringing us a different, yet artistic and beautiful album full of metaphorsThe Head and The Heart has taken over all country-folk bands, by bringing us a different, yet artistic and beautiful album full of metaphors that take some time to interpret.… Expand
  4. doughh
    Jul 20, 2021
    10
    This Album follows very much of the same style and lyrics of their first album, while still being unique. The lyrics have more somberThis Album follows very much of the same style and lyrics of their first album, while still being unique. The lyrics have more somber meanings than in their debut album, but they aren't painfully pretentious as some newer music tends to be. In gist, this album is just more great head and the heart.… Expand
  5. khutch
    Mar 18, 2014
    9
    Impressive, is real, kind and sincere, by the combined chords along with the 3 voices who carry the album are subtle, and at the same strong.Impressive, is real, kind and sincere, by the combined chords along with the 3 voices who carry the album are subtle, and at the same strong.
    It is a tour of the most well done to the indie world.    … Expand
  6. WadeVS
    Oct 15, 2013
    9
    The do it again. A very very beautiful album, well organised with more focus than their debut, convincing us that they have what it takes toThe do it again. A very very beautiful album, well organised with more focus than their debut, convincing us that they have what it takes to be more than just a trendy hipster band,… Expand
  7. imthenoob
    Mar 19, 2019
    8
    The production values are a lot better this time around and the music remains on-par with the first album, Vocals do as well. There's plentyThe production values are a lot better this time around and the music remains on-par with the first album, Vocals do as well. There's plenty of stand out songs as well. It's definitely a worthy follow up to their first album and shouldn't disappoint any fan.… Expand
  8. jenkinzz
    Nov 19, 2013
    8
    I was wary of this one at first, since it really diverged from the unfinished Americana sound of their first album, and Springtime/SummertimeI was wary of this one at first, since it really diverged from the unfinished Americana sound of their first album, and Springtime/Summertime was a jarring interlude with the 80's synth. However, after watching acoustic versions of Josh McBride and other songs, I started to see that the songs were still coming from the same roots. And after going to the concert, I appreciated the level of production put into the album, and--even if only a little bit--the strange 80's synth. Since the concert I've been listening to the album nonstop. Let's be Still isn't an expansion-pack for their first album, but it is a well thought-out evolution of their sound.… Expand

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