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The Way The Wind Blows - A Hawk and a Hacksaw
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80 out of 100

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9.7 out of 10

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  • Summary: This is the third Hawk album for former Neutral Milk Hotel drummer Jeremy Barnes. Like previous efforts, it has an Eastern European flavor, although unlike previous efforts, it also includes contributions from Beirut's Zach Condon.

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  1. Positive: 11 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Stylus Magazine
    83
    And though the album sags a little towards the end, with a few shorter instrumental numbers, it's still an invigorating journey, a caravan of cavorting musicians, careening through the countryside, stopping only to play festivals and funerals.
  2. Playlouder
    80
    A curious, klezmer-infested charm.
  3. Drowned In Sound
    80
    If you liked Beirut, you'll love this.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
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  1. Gifthorse
    10
    I don't rate music very often, but this album is genius. The compositions have a timeless folk quality that would lend themselves to a wide variety of occasions, helped by the wide variety of acoustic instruments that they are played with. You can imagine hearing this music at weddings, funerals, wherever human emotion is at the forefront of proceedings.… Expand
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  2. leiris
    8
    Pretty good stuff here. Even more enjoyable than his previous two.
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