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Feb 1, 2018Unfeigned and irresistible.
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Jan 19, 2018An album that wrestles with heartbreak but always balances it with warmth and sincerity.
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Jan 19, 2018Whereas at times in the past it seemed like he was searching for his place in the crowded field of modern singer-songwriters and in danger of sounding too much like others, here he clearly finds his own voice. ... This is a really fine album.
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MojoJan 17, 2018It's a beautifully recorded and unmistakably classy outing that resonates deeply. [Feb 2018, p.95]
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Jan 17, 2018Recorded in France and produced by Frames guitarist David Odlum, this is expertly crafted and lushly arranged folk-rock, with some pretty fabulous horns.
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Jan 26, 2018All in all, Between Two Shores is an effort that will please his fans while showing he's still learning new tricks in the art of record making, and he's putting them to good use.
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UncutJan 17, 2018Between Two Shores might be his most compelling and imaginative amalgam of Big Pink folk-rock and Muscle Shoals R&B. [Feb 2018, p.28]
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Jan 26, 2018Between Two Shores is another Glen Hansard album filled with good songs, gorgeous music and gregarious singing. Is that enough? You decide.
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Q MagazineJan 17, 2018Hansard's elastic vocals hit all the right notes. Missing, however, is an earthiness that could take these polished songs to another level. [Feb 2018, p.111]
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Jan 17, 2018While the one-sided “Heart’s Not In It” is crippled by blame-laying, “One Of Us Will Lose” is an edifice of aching melancholy, with streaks of slide guitar threading currents of loss and despair through its descent into the depths.
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Jan 22, 2018Between Two Shores was cobbled together out of songs left over from past sessions and home demos. This helps explain the album’s lack of focus. What’s missing is a singular idea for a listener to rest her headphones on. Instead, we get a hodgepodge of sentimental tunes that aren’t quite parallel, perpendicular, or adjacent to each other.
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Feb 7, 2018It's a decent record, even good. But am I going to be able to remember any of these songs in two months without playing them first? Experience says probably not.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 9
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Mixed: 1 out of 9
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Negative: 0 out of 9
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Jun 23, 2018