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- Artist(s): Jeffrey Lewis
- Summary: The first full-length studio release in four years for the anti-folk artist was produced by John Agnello.
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- Record Label: Rough Trade
- Genre(s): Folk, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Political Folk, Alternative Folk, Anti-Folk
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Positive: 9 out of 11
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Mixed: 2 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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Nov 2, 2015Jeffrey Lewis has finally written an album that people will look back on in twenty years and say this was the first album in what will hopefully be seen as his classic period.
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Nov 16, 2015Whilst Jeffrey Lewis’s self-knowing musings and musical personas will still remain an acquired peripheral taste for some, it’s pleasing that Manhattan finds him in such rude health, as arguably his most compelling and charismatic collection since 2007’s 12 Crass Songs.
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MojoOct 27, 2015With his amiable croak and humour warming his observations, Manhattan is no bitter mope. [Dec 2015, p.90]
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Dec 17, 2015Lewis is unlikely to ever dramatically change; instead his music slowly develops and wizens, as we all do. It’ll be fun growing old with him.
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Oct 27, 2015Musically speaking, there are a few hopefully upbeat indie-folk numbers to provide a certain spark to the otherwise bleak lyrical subject matter.
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Jan 8, 2016One of his strongest outings ever.
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Q MagazineOct 27, 2015Musically, it sticks to bardic folk ramble or--as on the brilliantly bilious Have A baby--bubblepunk aggro, but lyrically, Lewis is still finds new paths zig-zagging through his familiar patch. [Dec 2015, p.109]
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Nov 2, 2015
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