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  • Summary: The third full-length solo release for the British singer-songwriter was written after an end of a relationship.
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  1. 80
    Ably assisted by his Coastguard players, subtly fleshing out his songs with pedal steel, brass, strings and piano, Distance might well be Dan Michaelson’s finest collection of songs to date.
  2. Aug 19, 2014
    80
    Dan Michaelson has made a bit of a miniature masterpiece in Distance.
  3. 80
    Michaelson’s oaken, hefty voice is flecked with creaks of optimism, while the band slump elegantly into their forlorn Americana, to stand proudly alongside the likes of Bill Callahan and The National.
  4. Mojo
    Aug 20, 2014
    80
    Dan and his cohorts craft an especially intimate and understated kind of English-born Americana that could easily hold its own in any late night session with the likes of Bill Callahan, Will Sheff or Tim Rutili. [Sep 2014, p.90]
  5. Uncut
    Aug 19, 2014
    80
    Distance takes the intensity of 29013's Blindspot, and doubles it. [Sep 2014, p.77]
  6. Aug 20, 2014
    60
    They’re worth the minor missteps along the way.