Buy Now
- Critic score
- Publication
- By date
-
Dec 7, 2011It's a set that does reward investigation, perhaps not with lasting love but certainly first-few-plays impressions which will last into the New Year.
-
Dec 7, 2011Oh Fortune is full of unashamed, orchestrally embellished pop-rock-folk hybrids, instantly accessible and almost as speedily rewarding.
-
Dec 7, 2011Oh Fortune is a luscious wall of sound, one that should see the criminally underrated Canadian featured more regularly alongside the heavyweights.
-
Dec 7, 2011Oh Fortune spans a wider spectrum than its folky core might imply, adding grandeur and a refreshing, cerebral spin to proceedings.
-
Q MagazineDec 22, 2011Dan Mangan here serves up the welcome alternative [to other alt-folkies.] [Jan 2012, p.123]
-
Dec 7, 2011He can switch from personal to political in a flicker, and the knotty orchestrations of his backing band – chiefly comprising improv jazzers – share that fleetness of expression.
-
UncutDec 12, 2011Highlights include the waltzing "About As Helpful As You Can Be Without Being Any Help At All" and a breathless canter through the Broken Social Scene stylings of "Post-War Blues." [Jan 2012, p.93]