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- Summary: The sixth full-length studio release for Colin MacIntyre indie pop project was produced by Bernard Butler.
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- Record Label: Xtra Mile Recordings
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop
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Nov 29, 2018Writing with a sentimental gaze was a dominant trait of MacIntyre's even as a young man, and now in middle age, he does so with the authority of a nearly two-decade career and accumulated personal history behind him on this excellent release.
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Oct 3, 2018It’s an introspective record and, although there are flashes of the melodic indie-pop Mull Historical Society are known for, it’s overall more laid-back.
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MojoOct 3, 2018MacIntyre's creativity is clearly in full flower. [Nov 2018, p.90]
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Oct 3, 2018This occasionally uneven, frequently thrilling, plunge into the past proves that sometimes the only way we can go forwards is by looking back.
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UncutOct 3, 2018Butler performs the same job that Trevor Horn did with Belle & Sebastian--adding a widescreen pop ambition to McIntyre's flinty personal tales. [Nov 2018, p.34]
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Oct 12, 2018Throughout Wakelines, MacIntyre turns his gift for that style of music to good use. He searches through the past even while working to process the present. It makes for an afternoon of wistful reflection with a gifted songwriter, but it could still benefit from a little more meat and fricti