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- Summary: Elvis Perkins returns with the follow-up to his debut album with a full band.
- Record Label: Beggers XL
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative, Singer-Songwriter
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 21
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Mixed: 3 out of 21
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Negative: 0 out of 21
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Here, he dresses his music in full regalia--with whistles, horns, organs and marching-band drums--and it’s exquisite.
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FilterPerkins is joined by a three-piece ensemble of multi-instrumentalists that do a great deal to boost his soulful ballads with circus-like arrangements, while putting a little extra pep in his step. [Winter 2009, p.96]
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Tackling weighty themes and wrestling difficult truths with aplomb, it ultimately emerges triumphant.
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Elvis Perkins in Dearland is an amusement park ride. It is more than a fan would expect from a sophomore effort, and likely to wind up on many a critic’s “top ten” list.
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Comprising organ, piano, upright bass and acoustic guitars, as well as the occasional fiddle or burst of New Orleans brass, the music wheezes and strolls with old-timey authenticity.
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A ponderous chain-gang stomp and some misty lyrics outline his limitations, but once again, Perkins' loss is our gain.
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Perkins clearly has stories to tell of difficult journeys travelled, but unfortunately it comes across as yet another Yank putting out the roadside campfire with dribble from his harmonica.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Nov 24, 2012
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