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- Summary: The second full-length release for the Scottish singer-songwriter was recorded by Julie McLarnon.
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- Record Label: Drag City
- Genre(s): Folk
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MojoFeb 23, 2017Parlay music that while irrefutably folk, gleefully shoves aside traditionalist tropes in favour of a buoyant, full-bodied combo sound, that, passingly, recalls prime Fairport Convention while proffering a beguilingly mellifluous identity of its own. [Apr 2017, p.98]
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UncutFeb 23, 2017A set which is at times whimsical, and frequently dark--sometimes managing to combine these sensations. [Apr 2017, p.39]
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The WireJun 2, 2017The pop craftsmanship on display throughout Pangs is just the thing to make vinegary dregs go down easy. [Mar 2017, p.53]
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Feb 24, 2017The results are certainly a departure for an artist who seems to relish the chance to collaborate and while each of these ten songs is a Roberts original, the lush song craft recalls the golden age of electric folksters like Fairport Convention and Trees, ensuring Roberts' ongoing connection with the past.
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Mar 2, 2017It makes for warm, complex but ultimately rewarding listening--the forboding swell of Songs Of The Marvels, the smartly rollicking The Angry Laughing God--and is the sound of muscles being gently but confidently flexed.
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Mar 29, 2017Pangs is full of warmth and charm, one that is welcoming instead of being difficult.
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Feb 24, 2017Though it's not quite perfect--some songs wear out their welcome before they finish--this album is written and arranged in a sonically and lyrically engaging way, and will surely excite the faithful, even if it fails to convert fence-sitters.