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Alternative PressEven in its darkest moments... [This Too] remains grounded in a beautiful humanity. [Mar 2007, p.136]
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FilterAlmost everything about this album is fragile and beautiful. [#24, p.94]
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UrbA rewarding, intimate listen. [Mar 2007, p.101]
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Like Mum on a smaller scale, or a lightly medicated, loose-lipped Four Tet, his introspective songs sway hazily from image to metaphor, between yesterday's folk and tomorrow's digitalism.
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A strong album with some growing pains.
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The album is just so uniform in its beauty that tracks simply blend into one another.
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Hirway's music is a little too gauzy for its own good, but there are enough hidden surprises... to keep you wide awake, and the album is so majestic that it remains with you like a cherished memory... even if it is a fuzzy memory.
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Although This Too Will Pass is a very solid effort from a maturing artist, it seems to be missing some of the energy of previous releases.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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KevinJMar 19, 2007
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RonnieMar 16, 2007A cohesive and beautifully made work