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- Summary: The Nashville-born and New York-based folk singer releases his debut album recorded by Kyle Spence of Harvey Milk.
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- Record Label: Thrill Jockey
- Genre(s): Folk, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Jan 3, 2012These songs may not scan perfectly or make much objective sense, but they feel very real and relevant and uncalculated.
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Dec 1, 2011These songs are fiercely internal, which also makes them remarkably hard to shake--here, Roberts is singing about the no-place of everyplace, the desolation we all know.
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Nov 21, 2011Luke Roberts's debut can dig up a well of such intimate, homegrown sounds and songs.
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Nov 21, 2011His music is unobtrusive without being boring, polite without being gutless.
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MojoJan 11, 2012It's a promising - if a little lackadaisical - debut. [Dec. 2011 p. 97]
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Nov 21, 2011While sometimes left wanting for redeeming bells and whistles, where Big Bells & Dime Songs sporadically strikes gold is its distillation of tumbleweed folk Americana.
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Under The RadarNov 21, 2011As it stands, it's pleasant music to fall asleep to, but offers little to keep you awake. [Oct 2011, p.108]