When The Devil's Loose - A.A. Bondy
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  • Summary: This is the second solo album for the former Verbena lead singer.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 13
  2. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Most of the songs light up, shine for a while, and pull back so suddenly that you feel a little betrayed. It's a shame these dry lullabies didn't surface earlier in our dreary summer.
  2. When The Devil's Loose showcases a resolve and relief Bondy's never evinced before, as if he's raked his hand through the sands of these spooky songs and transformed the grains that stuck into flawed, captivating pearls.
  3. In the hands of a different producer maybe the material assembled for When The Devil's Loose could step forward into something more Technicolor, as its faults are minor, but they are the faults which separate merely pleasant albums from great ones. As it is, When The Devil's Loose is the former.

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