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  • Summary: This is the eighth solo full-length studio release for the Scottish singer-songwriter.
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  • Record Label: Drag City
  • Genre(s): Folk, Celtic, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Neo-Traditional Folk, Indie Folk, Contemporary Celtic
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  1. Uncut
    Feb 5, 2015
    90
    It's yet another display of excellence from an artist in consummate control of his art. [Feb 2015, p.82]
  2. Feb 5, 2015
    90
    Roberts' characteristic style is Scottish without cliché, and his marriage of old and new stands out in an oversaturated, strummy-guitar field of singer-songwriters as a gorgeous album from beginning to end.
  3. Feb 5, 2015
    80
    Alasdair Roberts is not quite the equal of Spoils in terms of songwriting and is hardly as colourful as A Wonder Working Stone, but it is perhaps his most relaxed and effortless album to date.
  4. Feb 5, 2015
    80
    For the casual listener, his music may be a bit heady and hard to follow, but for fans willing to be challenged, Roberts has delivered yet another excellent release.
  5. Feb 5, 2015
    80
    Roberts’ latest work is full of sonic space and warmth: an intimate and classically manifested set of tracks in which his melodic arpeggio fingerwork on the guitar is reflected by a soft and expressive voice.
  6. The Wire
    May 22, 2015
    80
    This is the first music that feels genuinely post-referendum. [Jan 2015, p.68]
  7. 60
    By turns droll, pungent and lovely, it deserves more than a lo-fi production.

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