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- Summary: Jeffrey Lewis' latest album is his first to be credited with his backing band, The Junkyard.
- Record Label: Rough Trade
- Genre(s): Alternative, Folk
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At his worst, Lewis can be a wise-ass scold. At his best he's a vulnerable master of the humorously ineffable and a tribute to the humanism of a SUNY education and the Lower East Side.
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It's to Lewis's credit that he can credibly convey the romantic notion of hopping on a Greyhound while also moaning about the leg room.
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The uptempo tracks are invigorating with their harder guitars and drums, and Lewis' humor abounds, but his slower, softer, acoustic songs are the standouts.
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Now 'Em Are I, arriving in the wake of connubial catastrophe, comes chock-full o' rat-clever rhymes and tinny triple entendres that could've been titled Systematic Death (of the Heart).
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'Em Are I is an abandoned puppy of an album that you can't help but take to heart.
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He offers soem new aspects, as well, most notably the refined production techniques, which give the album a warmer, more polished feel.
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UncutWhen it works, it doses oso brillantly--but the preponderance of bog standard indie rock elsewhere is sadly less engaging. [May 2009, p.89]
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