• Record Label: Anti
  • Release Date: Aug 18, 2009
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8.0

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77

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  1. Guitarist Marc Ribot flirts with a cornet, while Henry's sax-playing teenage son Levon makes an impressive debut. They play ballads, waltzes, and slow dances that give Henry's vignettes time to unwind, like weary travelers unpacking their burdens over cigarettes and gin.
  2. 70
    These soulful laments and menacing gospel rumbles don’t really demand attention but reward it handsomely.
  3. If Mr. Henry wants to suggest a less phlegmatic Tom Waits, as often seems the case here, he could stand to loosen up further. His lyrics can feel too artful, too self-conscious.