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JorelLOct 17, 2007I much admire Rouse's 1972 and Nashville, but this early effort is almost a complete snooze. The melodies are way too meek and mild to make one care about the lyrics.
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[Anonymous]Apr 5, 2003great, kind of chill, david gray-esque, if you like labels; its altcountry with electronic background noise....and its a grower.
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Rouse has pushed out the boundaries that molded his first two full-length albums. And he's done it in all directions.
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The album's hypnotic passages and resounding moments all surround the singer's typically simple, memorable melodies, but the highlights of Under Cold Blue Stars are the lyrical phrases that Rouse chews up and blows out.
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Few songwriters can express these mundane intricacies of melancholia free from morose affectation, but Rouse's heartbreak and hurt sounds honest and natural, inviting you to share his pain.