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Dec 15, 2016Eternally Even is an album for the world of today, a warning, a promise, and a rewarding musical experience.
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MojoNov 22, 2016An urgent if mostly meditative-sounding call-to-arms, that he brings poetic shape and power to his politics. [Jan 2017, p.98]
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Nov 16, 2016A series of lovely, languid soul grooves built around throbbing, cyclical organ drones, subdued guitar and electric piano, downtempo funk beats and subtle streaks of strings.
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Q MagazineNov 15, 2016Eternally Even retains James's parent band's mystery and washes of sound, but it's underpinned both by his conspiratorial, intimate vocals and a new-found, tacit anger on an album brought forwards to coincide with the US election. [Jan 2017, p.114]
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Nov 7, 2016Despite, or maybe because of, the disparate approaches, the consistently entrancing Eternally Even is a stimulating and often spellbinding listening.
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UncutNov 3, 2016Eternally Even affords James the opportunity to take his music to places My Morning Jacket are less likely to inhabit. The result being that his solo albums are rapidly becoming profound statements in themselves, rather than mere sideshows to the main event. [Dec 2016, p.31]
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Nov 3, 2016Those seeking the wacky thrills of Regions of Light and Sound of God might be surprised--or even put off at first--but closer listening reveals the poignant and provocative Eternally Even as a stronger, deeper album.
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Nov 3, 2016Eternally Even is the sound of a road-worn artist, whose music normally channels the awe and splendor of his country, challenging its structure and finding the deepest valley he's ever seen.
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Nov 8, 2016He winds up succeeding, thanks to the haunting quality hanging over much of Eternally Even, reflecting the tensions of 2016.
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Nov 4, 2016Eternally Even, while a solid album worth a spin, would have been well-served to have a little more urgency, or at least energy, to it.
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Jan 3, 2017This time around, the woozy, comforting psychedelia of old remains, the songs trickling into one another, sleepy synths sighing, purring and pulsating. But Eternally Even comes with the biggest serving of soul he’s cooked up yet, sexy basslines sizzling even as he looks death in the face for We Ain’t Getting Any Younger Parts 1 and 2.
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Nov 4, 2016Eternally Even is thoughtful and contemplative on the subject of war and modern society, but also refreshingly eloquent on simple matters of love and emotion.
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Nov 4, 2016The music recalls Aquarian soul, Nineties trip-hop and laser-gun funk.
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Dec 2, 2016As a unit, Eternally Even misfires every now and then, and the impact is integral to the structure of the whole.
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Nov 3, 2016Especially on the front half, tracks flow into each other inconspicuously, and two of the nine are one song split into two parts, probably unnecessarily. The effect, then, is a bit of a shrug, a signal that James either has less to say or is less inclined to profess it.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 14
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Mixed: 0 out of 14
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Negative: 1 out of 14
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