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Jun 26, 2012While Longtime Companion may suffer from infrequent changes in pace and tone, Smith's archetypal broken heart is articulated kaleidoscopically, and with the authenticity of a grizzled highwayman.
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Jun 26, 2012In Longtime Companion, he puts the drawl and shuffle of country into the service of a very peculiar vision, embracing and even seeking out the contradictions.
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Jul 3, 2012With Longtime Companion, Sonny Smith shows himself to be a stylistic chameleon, never shedding his skin to change its color.
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Jul 5, 2012The record's easygoing pace, sturdy songwriting, and sunbaked production make it the third solid effort from the Sunsets.
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Jun 26, 2012Longtime Companion feels like the first cracked smile after the tears have stopped, somewhere between dusk and the gloom of night.
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Jun 26, 2012Companion might have been born of a failed relationship, but it's hard not to imagine Smith's new look is anything but a rejuvenation.