The Lives Inside the Lines in Your Hand
- Matt Pond
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Feb 7, 201377A record that reveals a new side of the singer/songwriter that, in fact, is remarkably and comfortingly familiar.
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Mar 1, 201370The Lives Inside the Lines in Your Hands showcases a lighter side of Pond lyrically and musically.
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Feb 7, 201370While Pond reverts back to his laconic ways toward the album's end, the dazzling tracks leading us to that soft landing make up for the slight regression. [Mar 2013, p.92]
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Feb 7, 201370Lives is a collection of hopeful, almost wonderstruck looks at the human condition, delivered with enough tasteful and catchy hooks to make it one of the best albums in an already lengthy career from this seasoned indie troubadour.
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Feb 20, 201360Most songs comfortably fit into a category I maybe unfairly have in my head called “As heard on The O.C.”
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Feb 7, 201360Ultimately, The Lives Inside the Lines in Your Hand is certainly well varnished; the songwriting could have been the thing to use a bit more spit and shine.
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Mar 22, 201325The record is a cheerless Venn diagram presenting the intersection between mediocrity and blind ambition. [Mar-Apr 2013, p.102]