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Jul 25, 2016Spain have been producing subtly remarkable albums since they debuted in 1995, and Carolina shows they've grown remarkably as artists since then.
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Jul 25, 2016Carolina is a gorgeous record, enticing and attractive, giving you its heart to hold and trusting you to treasure the experience.
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Jul 25, 2016It’s not impossible to find records made with this kind of intelligence, but it’s becoming increasingly rare.
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UncutSep 8, 2016A set of eloquently sombre, Americana songs heavy on pedal and lap-steel. [Jul 2016, p.79]
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MagnetAug 2, 2016Haden can find that sweet, glacial pace that makes a song seem both inevitable and important. But his deliberate delivery of lines such as "Oh the Depression, it ruined us, it ruined us, it ruined us" can be distracting and turn songs into history lessons. [No. 132, p.59]
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Jul 25, 2016In My Hour is a gorgeous prayer with gently plucked violin, and there are gospel and jazz tinges too, with rock adding bite to tracks like Lorelei. Indeed, one could wish for a little more of the latter, and some songs do sag a little under their own weight, but generally speaking, Carolina is a lovely thing.