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MojoNov 6, 2014You couldn't wish for a more fitting musical soundtrack to the rest of your 2014. [Nov 2014, p.96]
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MagnetNov 12, 2014The eight songs are all beautifully crafted, integrating elements of folk, blues and country/rock.... A new American classic. [No. 115, p.55]
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Oct 7, 2014Knowing Gunn’s exotic inspirations, Way Out Weather is certainly only a snapshot of where his talents could lead him. Whatever you take away from it, it’s most certainly a step in the right direction.
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Oct 2, 2014Way Out Weather mixes various musical styles--folk, classic rock, psychedelia, space rock, dub hues, West African grooves, open-tuned raga drones--to arrive at a genre-defying, expansive sound that's simultaneously tight and totally, winningly loose, sparsely uncluttered yet richly textured in a way that rewards repeated spins.
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Dec 19, 2014Steve Gunn continues his drift from the avant-garde world into popular music with another folk-tinged, guitar-worshiping set of tunes here, blending the long and varied history of hypnotic guitar into a perfectly pensive collection.
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The WireDec 2, 2014This is the most elaborately arranged thing Gunn has ever done, jammed full of understated yet excellent guitar. [Oct 2014, p.54]
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Oct 27, 2014Way Out Weather is a sonically dense record--Gunn’s de facto opus by breadth and scope--but lyrically it is impersonal, preoccupied by small pleasures and moments of private reflection that, while individually beautiful and poetic, do not suggest a self-aware attempt at making a masterpiece.
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Oct 9, 2014The melodies seemed soaked in a timeless well of American music: the album feels both new and familiar at the same time, every song a clever layering of Gunn’s guitars--acoustic, electric, steel, and assorted effects pedals, but all separated clearly, so there’s no hint of sonic mush. Gunn’s voice is perfect, too.
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Oct 7, 2014His ability to arrange is masterful and, on Way Out Weather, he establishes this sort of psychedelic roots sound that exists outside of about any recognizable genre or even sub-genre.
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Oct 7, 2014His latest, Way Out Weather, is the fully formed pinnacle of his career.
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Oct 6, 2014His musical language has evolved into a sound that is not only ambitious, but instantly recognizable.
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Q MagazineOct 3, 2014It's fortunate that the warmly accessible Way Out Weather, which showcases his melodious, improvising guitar, exists in less esoteric numbers [than his limited released vinyl albums]. [Nov 2014, p.112]
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UncutOct 2, 2014He sings plenty, with engaging huskiness, while leading his band down ever more inventive tangents. [Nov 2014, p.76]
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Oct 2, 2014As a songwriter, singer, guitarist and bandleader, he’s self-assured, masterful and working from his own plain.
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Oct 29, 2014He's often thought of more as an instrumental virtuoso than a singer-songwriter, but here he excels at both.
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Oct 2, 2014Way Out Weather's lines and contours are beautifully rendered. But there are times when Gunn's songs don't benefit from the extra exposure, when one misses Time Off's murkier, more forgiving production.
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Positive: 4 out of 4
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Nov 30, 2014