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  • Summary: The debut full-length solo release for Ed Nash, the bassist of Bombay Bicycle Club, features guest appearances from Tom Fleming, Marika Hackman, Liz Lawrence, and The Staves.
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Sisyphus
If you ever let go, my friend We will have to start again I believed in God that far ago Take it slow If you ever let go, my friend We will have to... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Feb 1, 2017
    85
    There is an authenticity that bleeds through this album. It is proper DIY- rugged and unique enough to know this is coming from a human, yet polished and carefully crafted enough to feel the pride and excitement in sharing a work of art for the public to claim.
  2. 80
    The Pace Of The Passing is an expansive and ambitious record that should delight fans of Bombay Bicycle Club but also pull in listeners not be so acquainted with his previous work.
  3. Q Magazine
    Jan 20, 2017
    80
    It's a pleasing collection of multi-layered poo songs in a manner that at times recall Sufjan Stevens. [Feb 2017, p.119]
  4. Uncut
    Jan 20, 2017
    60
    While its faintly folkish, alt.pop songs fail to reveal any feral side to the bassist of Bombay Bicycle Club, they prove his compositional chops while radiating a pleasantly frosted glow. [Mar 2017, p.40]
  5. Jan 27, 2017
    60
    It’s a bit like listening to someone attempting to fit a round peg into a square hole. But while he might have occasionally bitten off a little more than he can chew, there’s still undeniably some moments with serious bite here.
  6. Mojo
    Jan 20, 2017
    60
    The Pace of The Passing is, ultimately, oddly inscrutable, a musical ghosting, seductive, meticulous textures elegant compensation for the lack of a strong centre. [Feb 2017, p.90]
  7. Feb 16, 2017
    50
    The Pace of the Passing is fine. It’s the sound of an artist getting his feet under him, a first step for Nash that doesn’t completely work but shows the potential for something really special.
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