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Apr 5, 2018Rare Birds is a must for fans of The War on Drugs, and for any rock fans who believe the album is a lost art.
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Mar 5, 2018Rare Birds is sprawling, rich and, by and large, a triumph, its cosmic mindset and focus on detail breathing drama into songs that in lesser hands might sound stale.
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Mar 2, 2018Thankfully, while pouring out his soul into three or four-minute measures he never loses sight of his attractive Americana-goes-pop sensibilities, most perfectly realised on Over The Midnight and the title track.
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MojoFeb 26, 2018Rare Birds unpacks a wealth of sonic detail. In the best way, this feels like a record you could lose yourself in for months. [Apr 2018, p.87]
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Feb 26, 2018Rare Birds is a strikingly original, complex and inspired work, one that requires your attention and rewards repeated spins.
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Feb 26, 2018Rare Birds is practically bulging with strong material. It’s telling that the album’s strongest moment--the desolately soaring closer “Mulholland Queen”--is also its least densely ornamented: on this form, Wilson’s songs require no extra polish or decorations to compel. Despite its flaws, Rare Birds is a rare find.
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MagnetApr 17, 2018Wilson is brilliant and creative yet hindered by his own expansive eclecticism and purple prose. [No. 150, p.61]
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Mar 2, 2018It's clear that Jonathan Wilson's naked ambition has reached a zenith, for better and for worse, with Rare Birds.
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Mar 2, 2018Rare Birds is dizzying in ambition and (mostly) dazzling in execution. It offers hours of enjoyment to anyone who takes it on.
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UncutFeb 26, 2018The songs are autobiographical, but not always straightforwardly so. [Apr 2018, p.22]