- Record Label: Rodriguez Lopez Productions
- Release Date: Nov 10, 2009
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Alternative PressIt's a moody composition with occasional moments of brilliance that will ultimately leave most listeners as confused as they are content. [Oct 2009, p.114]
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The feel is still sketchy and somewhat improvised, but there's no sense that these songs are simply impressionistic doodles.
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The result is a listenable, more conventional version of his primary band. Though refreshing in a solo-career context, we've heard most of this stuff before.
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Only staunch Volta cultists would claim every minute of Xenophanes is worth your precious leisure time. But damn if the best bits don't make an excellent in-car soundtrack for pretending you're on your way to something more dramatic than your day job.