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  • Summary: The seventh full-length solo release for the former Guided by Voices' member was recorded mostly in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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  • Record Label: Fire Records
  • Genre(s): Country, Americana, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Lo-Fi, Indie Pop, Indie Folk
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  1. 85
    Songwriting of this quality, with powers of suggestion and intimations of doubt, deserves an audience well beyond the historically-inclined.
  2. Sep 21, 2020
    80
    Empty Horses is an unexpected shift from a firmly established songwriter. Sprout retains the best parts of his musical personality while evolving into unfamiliar places, learning some new tricks, and spinning an excellent set of new songs in the process.
  3. Mojo
    Sep 23, 2020
    80
    His wistful songs impart wisdom quietly, but on All In My Sleep gloriously lets rip. [Nov 2020, p.90]
  4. Sep 21, 2020
    70
    It's subdued, grounded in reality, and produced with precision. I'm sure Sprout is not done with making music by the seat of his pants, but for Empty Horses, he took a more deliberate approach, and the rewards are quite different, but they are still rewards nonetheless. Slow down to a cool crawl, indeed.
  5. Uncut
    Sep 21, 2020
    60
    Sprout can get a little too earnest - greater distance might, perhaps counterintuitively, make these songs more globally affecting - but he's still a great pop writer. [Oct 2020, p.36]
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