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Mar 11, 2016While Yorn’s simplicity hinders unobjectionable but unremarkable ballads like “Shopping Mall,” he rarely plays the weepy balladeer on ArrangingTime and keeps momentum relatively strong throughout.
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Mar 10, 2016This collection of moods and moments is one of the year's most engaging listens.
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Feb 23, 2016While the results haven’t got the near-reckless zeal of the young Yorn’s records, the sense of longing reflects the broken-down feel--strumming acoustic guitars, the light thrum of a snare--of some of the material he was writing back in the early 2000s.
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UncutFeb 23, 2016Arrangingtime functions as both a means of closure and a creative reboot. [Apr 2016, p.82]
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Mar 15, 2016It’s primarily the tone and temperament that varies from track to track. It’s a superb sound, and that’s one of many reasons why ArrangingTime feels like time well spent.
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MagnetApr 21, 2016Unforgettable choruses and custom Yorn finger-strum pattern are abundant. [No. 130, p.60]
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Mar 8, 2016On this record, Yorn seems to master mood more than tune, but that winds up being to his benefit. This tonal elasticity gives ArrangingTime an enveloping warmth, one that is alluring even if it tends to shift concentration away from the songwriting that allegedly was his greatest strength.
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MojoFeb 23, 2016All told, less might have been more. [Apr 2016, p.96]
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Q MagazineFeb 23, 2016More of the same, then. [Apr 2016, p.117]
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Mar 24, 2016This record is late ‘90s/early ‘00s radio rock nostalgic and comforting. It feels good, but like most things, not as good as the first time.
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Mar 10, 2016His dull lyrics get made more of a point of through repetition, they shine brighter than his well-crafted moments of introspection. There's only so many times listening to a man singing about someone waiting at a bus stop can be bearable.