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Year in the Kingdom suggests whatever band he’s drumming for is ultimately inconsequential; this backwoods wanderer seems fully capable of detailing his wreckage on his own.
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Q MagazineQuietly confessional and ever so slightly disturbing. [Oct 2009, p.117]
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UncutThe pulse never rises above a heartbeat, but as the nine songs clock in at 34 minutes, the absence of tempo changes is barely noticed. [Oct 2009, p.112]
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Music that's built more around the image earnest and honesty than musicality can definitely be a powerful thing, but that's just the problem: It's either powerful or it's not. On Year in the Kindgom, J. Tillman is either a soothsaying troubdaour, or he's not.
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The songs are slower than a Warhol flick, and Tillman's quavering, dirgelike vocals become a navel-gazing bore.
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Under The RadarYear In The Kingdom verges on limp self-indulgence. [Fall 2009, p.67]
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Sep 5, 2022compelling, stripped-down folk with traditional structures and frail self important writing and delivery.