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References to fungus and food abound, but wrapped in the wooly blankets of Rawlings' signature picking and Welch's winsome harmonies, they take on a fireplace warmth that renders them amiably nostalgic rather than blatantly surreal.
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One of the best albums of his long career.
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BlenderThe acoustic Spooked surveys post-millennial life. [Nov 2004, p.135]
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Spooked sidesteps the icy classicism that could’ve prevailed, considering who’s on hand.
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MojoA collision of Dylanesque surrealism and Bert Janschian finger-picking. [Nov 2004, p.114]
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Overall, it is clear that Hitchcock is having fun creating music with Welch and Rawlings, and that joy comes through in the listening.
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Hitchcock deals with present-day anxiety whimsically rather than specifically, while Rawlings and Welch provide an uncharacteristic but fitting mise en scene with their solemn plucking and barely suggested grooves, which function much like the shadowy cross-hatching you see in Edward Gorey’s drawings.
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Spooked sounds closer to folk-inspired songs Hitchcock performed very early in his career, his recent forays into Dylaniana, and Welch's prefab Americana. For Hitchcock, it's both a departure and a return to his roots.
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Spooked is a perfect example of an artist maturing in the right manner at the right time.
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If Spooked isn't Hitchcock's most visceral effort, its spare acoustics make it nonetheless a diverting and likeable listen.
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Welch and Rawlings' contributions are subtle but vital, making Spooked sound richer than last year's disappointing Luxor.
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Uncut[An] intimate, woody collection of fractured folk. [Nov 2004, p.120]
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YEPROCSUCKSMar 29, 2007Yep Roc continues to be the worst label on planet earth.
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