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- Summary: The eighth full-length release for the California singer-songwriter features contributions from Angel Olsen and Blake Mills, with production by Rob Schnapf and Dan Horne.
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- Record Label: Epitaph
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Bum Bum Bum | |
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The white dog of the farm still breeds She's off her leash To tear flesh and teach Bum bum bum You think you've heard it all before Well, here's... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 18 out of 22
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Mixed: 4 out of 22
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Negative: 0 out of 22
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UncutAug 16, 2016The 12 songs on his eighth ares till gloriously strange, though: lyrically as kaleidoscopic as mid-'60s Dylan, and packed with fascinating, contradictory references. [Sep 2016, p.76]
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Q MagazineAug 16, 2016There is a wonderful tension on Mangy Love between the pleasure of the music--lush, soulful, spinning out from Elliot Smith or Lambchop--and the often ugly, complex breaks and disturbances in the lyrics. [Sep 2016, p.103]
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Aug 18, 2016Mangy Love would succeed even without lyrics. Produced leisurely with Rob Schnapf (Elliott Smith) and Dan Horne and featuring 21 extra musicians, this is McCombs’ richest ever recording. Sublime flourishes abound.
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Sep 8, 2016On Mangy Love, he continues this attentiveness to character creation, draping a new dramatis personae in a billowing glow of soft rock, Philly soul, and cryptic folk.
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Nov 21, 2016For a primer in what went right in the ‘70s prior to punk and hip-hop, you won’t find many LPs as successful at recapturing the diversity of those rich sonic playgrounds as Mangy Love.
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Under The RadarSep 14, 2016Ultimately, Mangy Love is a lush production that ups its game on every listen. [Aug-Sep 2016, p.73]
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Aug 16, 2016The feel that McCombs as an “artist at work”, given carte blanche, is prevalent. Dreaded jams are not cut back, verses sprawling and unpruned. And despite this, his usual delicious chaos seems absent.
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Positive: 3 out of 4
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Mixed: 1 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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