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  • Summary: The third full-length release from the New Jersey jam band includes a 32-minute track.
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  1. Uncut
    Oct 17, 2019
    80
    Doesn't reveal itself in haste but rather unfolds over time and through multitudinous layers. [Nov 2019, p.23]
  2. Oct 17, 2019
    80
    [One track] is expansive enough to be its own album, indeed, perhaps its own universe. The other is just fine, and you will enjoy it if you like Garcia Peoples’ other new jack jammers like Wet Tuna, Chris Forsyth, Matt Valentine and Steve Gunn. ... One Step Behind takes a giant step forward, right off the edge and into the unknown.
  3. Mojo
    Oct 17, 2019
    80
    One Step Behind shifts the goalposts, compromising a 32-minute title track and the eight-minute Heart And Soul, an elegant, soulful comedown in the mould of Music From Big Pink. [Nov 2019, p.94]
  4. The Wire
    Oct 17, 2019
    80
    Balancing the 31 minute title song is “Heart And Soul” – another surprise, in that it’s contemplative and piano based, written by former bassist Derek Spaldo, who, for geographical reasons, has largely taken his leave of the band to make way for Andy Cush. It’s the epic title track that carries the whole thing though, making One Step Behind another step beyond for these Peoples. [Oct 2019, p.52]
  5. Oct 17, 2019
    70
    One Step Behind sees Garcia Peoples continuing their rapid, curious evolution. That the band can take such a huge leap from their previous material in such a short period of time points to an even more radical exploration of what's to come.