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- Summary: The second full-length solo release for the singer-songwriter from Buffalo was co-produced with Ben Hillier.
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- Record Label: Outset
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Aug 1, 2016Stith creates musical friction in a way that’s brilliantly compelling, and there are passages of calm here too. Summer Madness, in particular, shimmers with impressionistic beauty.
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UncutJul 28, 2016Challenging, but deeply satisfying. [Aug 2016, p.83]
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Jul 28, 2016It’s a very special record that offers more with every listen.
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Jul 29, 2016Throughout the album DM Stith acts a man far off into the galaxy, oscillating between space and sound, and without much vocalizing, extends a gracious hand to the listener as well.
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Jul 28, 2016Overall though, Stith’s second album retains the frustrations of his debut. The songs feel fragmented, with lots of memorable moments--a gorgeous chord change here, an inspired juxtaposition of sonic ingredients there--but very rarely are they memorable as complete compositions.
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Jul 28, 2016Pigeonheart is a dense and immersive listen imbued with an odd spirituality; but unlike, say Age of Adz, the heart and warmth within sometimes remain frustratingly buried beneath layers of alien affectations.
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Jul 28, 2016Only occasionally does the survey of this interpersonal battlefield afford an optimistic light.