The Way The Wind Blows
- A Hawk and a Hacksaw
- Band Name: A Hawk and a Hacksaw
- Record Label: Leaf
- Release Date: Oct 17, 2006
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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.
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If you liked Beirut, you'll love this.
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80A curious, klezmer-infested charm.
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80A set glorying in its sensual exoticism. [Jan 2007, p.102]
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80Vivid, diverse and faintly trippy. [Nov 2006, p.99]
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Barnes' accordion playing has grown leaps and bounds since Noon.
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Another stellar song collection.
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This is his best yet. [#15]
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70An oddly affecting collage. [Dec 2006, p.132]
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Bleak and evocative.
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The potency of AHAAH's genres of choice are both the album's difficulty and strength; if you aren't partial to Balkan brass, klezmer or mariachi, abandon all hope of sticking this one out.
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leiris8Pretty good stuff here. Even more enjoyable than his previous two.
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Gifthorse10