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- Summary: The second full-length release for the New Orleans blues/garage rock singer-songwriter was produced by Sam Cohen and features a guest appearance from Mavis Staples.
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- Record Label: ATO
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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| Am I Am I Gonna be a witness? Gonna be a witness? Am I Am I Gonna be a witness? Gonna be a witness? Am I Am I Gonna be a witness? Gonna be a... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 12 out of 15
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Mixed: 3 out of 15
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Jun 2, 2017Booker’s music emerges as defiant, insightful and both intimately and communally self-actualizing.
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Jun 6, 2017His personal embrace of the political galvanizes the album, which has a sense of purpose lacking on his debut, but what's truly startling upon first listen is how Booker's broadened his palette considerably.
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Jun 19, 2017The raw, carnal fervor of Booker’s punk numbers is still present--and sometimes it’s more pronounced--on Witness’ acoustic and naked electric blues and soul, when the opposing forces of a lush or refined landscape and Booker’s gravely voice work in concert.
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Jun 5, 2017Booker soundtracks his anxiety with music that feels more textured and spacious than any he has made previously.
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Jul 19, 2017It unveils itself as quick as a flash, but when taken in individual portions, Witness has an unforeseen succinctness that provides some stability to his otherwise nervous excitement.
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Jun 7, 2017Witness owes its imperfect existence to garage-punk, psychedelic Afro-rock and the overarching and heartbreaking sentiment that ours is a system that we might not get out from under anytime soon.
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Jun 1, 2017At the centre of everything is Booker’s raspy vocal delivery, and therein lies the record’s central contradiction--the lush arrangements are lovely, but they too often threaten to suffocate that remarkably raw voice. There’s a balance to be struck, and Booker’s not quite there yet--maybe next time.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Sep 3, 2017
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