The Shadow Of An Empire
- Fionn Regan
- Band Name: Fionn Regan
- Record Label: Heavenly
- Release Date: Feb 8, 2010
- Summary: The Irish singer-songwriter releases his follow-up to his 2006 Mercury Prize-nominated album "The End of History."
- Record Label: Heavenly
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative, Folk, Singer-Songwriter
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Positive: 8 out of 8
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Mixed: 0 out of 8
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80If Regan's Mercury Prize-nominated debut in 2006 attracted comparisons with Nick Drake, this belated follow-up ditches the finger-picking folksiness for full-on rock, and sees Regan mutate into a latterday Mike Soctt. {Feb 2010, p.96]
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80Regan cross-wires mid-'60s Dylan and Paul Simon with the '70s CBGB pantheon, his songcraft on the verge of cohering his quirkily arresting strengths into true brilliance. [Feb 2010, p. 92]
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80As far as second albums go, it is a brilliantly bold, robust work, showcasing real development and the kind of graceful erudition that places Regan squarely ahead of the curve.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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