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Sep 27, 2016Away has some fine moments, but is an LP completists will get the most mileage out of, perhaps as that curio figure in an artist’s evolution to somewhere else.
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Sep 9, 2016Despite some conceptual shakiness and a few instances of turgid sentimentality, Sheff is doing fine on his own, continuing to detail unsteady emotional ground with a characteristic mixture of self-assurance and existential dread.
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Sep 8, 2016A fragmented, frustrated mindset has contributed to a sprawling, inconsistent album with brief flourishes of verdant beauty.
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Sep 7, 2016Sheff's lyrics, while typically verbose but economic, are more rambling here, but it's refreshing to hearing him cut loose.
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MojoSep 2, 2016Away is a looser and more poignant than the band's previous releases ever hinted. [Oct 2016, p.95]
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