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UncutRyan Sambol, with his nasal drawl and ready harmonica, is perhaps rather too into Dylan for comfort, but the title track is dispatched with skronky brio, and "The Unsent Letter" is a heartfelt piano ballad all cracked with emotion. [Apr 2010, p.100]
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Under The RadarThroughout it all, Ryan Sambol's creaky vocals sound anguished and aged. [Winter 2010, p.72]
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Their greatest undoing comes from slouching toward completion. So much of their debut worked because it lacked finish. The holes in the record were where the charm oozed most freely. But now that those have been filled in by pedal steel and organ, many of the songs shine with an unoriginal veneer.
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So while the consistency isn’t there yet, if they even do get there, this new direction could take them far.