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  1. May 29, 2021
    10
    the last song, "Shiva with Dustpan", is the catchiest and should probably be listed to first for anyone who is not prepared for the many detours Walker takes in his beautiful songs. Its worth saying, the whole album is amazing and deserves multiple listens to decipher. Archer Prewiit meets Built to Spill, songs within songs there is a correlation in rock n roll for sure between artists like this.

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84

Universal acclaim - based on 10 Critic Reviews

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  1. Apr 23, 2021
    80
    Having the backstory on Walker’s path to sobriety isn’t necessary to appreciate Course In Fable. There’s enough allure in Walker and guitarist Bill MacKay’s elaborate latticework of glazed melodies and modal chords that call to mind McEntire’s other band The Sea and Cake, and how drummer Ryan Jewell floats through it all with loose, jazzy flourishes.
  2. Apr 7, 2021
    76
    For such a prolific, genre-blurring artist, we are lucky as listeners that all the pieces Ryley Walker’s set up over the past decade could coalesce in such a fine, tight 40 minutes.
  3. Apr 7, 2021
    76
    Course in Fable bears the ripe fruit of this impulse, cohering into the most impressive of many surprising recent triumphs from an artist who’s faced down oblivion and has emerged more inspired than ever.