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- Summary: The latest full-length solo release for the indie singer-songwriter was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Rob Schnapf.
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- Record Label: Matador
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Aug 27, 2021In subtle ways, this album ties together all of the various disciplines Gunn has previously explored, from American primitive guitar playing to jazz, folk, indie rock, and drone music. Yet it is also something entirely new with a unique sound that is a joy to spend time with.
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Aug 25, 2021His brightest and most vivid record. ... Here he finds new dimensions, rethinking his phrasing, tone and cadence. [Sep 2021, p.16]
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Aug 25, 2021It’s a release you’ll want to live with for a while, and not just on Sunday mornings.
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Aug 25, 2021Other You isn’t quite perfect. The album leans too heavily on dreamy tempos; more of the ‘motorik’ reverberations of the Grateful Dead-jamming-with-Neu! gem “Protection” wouldn’t go amiss. Gunn’s step into the unforgiving glare of the spotlight as a singer coincides with some fairly densely cryptic lyrics, too. Such misgivings are minor gripes when faced with closer “Ever Feel That Way”, a life-enriching anthem for empathy and mutual care.
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MojoAug 25, 2021Music that is dizzying beautiful, but never precious. [Oct 2021, p.88]
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Aug 30, 2021Gunn is not merely the ghost animating Other You’s remarkably ornate machine. The vocal melodies here are among the tenderest he’s ever written, and they carry the same sense of inevitability that he invests in his guitar lines; they sound so natural, it can be easy to overlook their formal complexity.
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Aug 30, 2021As elegantly crafted as it all is, it does become a little homogeneous, and well before Other You’s 50 minutes are up, you do find yourself craving a gear change somewhere.
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