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Q MagazineMay 15, 2019Fever Breaks is sharp and lean. [Jul 2019, p.114]
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May 2, 2019Ritter hasn’t just surrounded himself with some of the best musicians in the game for his milestone tenth album, but he’s found a way to reinvent himself while not forgetting where he’s come from. After twenty years, this pillar of Americana folk is as relevant as ever, and sounding better than ever too.
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UncutApr 30, 2019The results are exemplary. [Jun 2019, p.26]
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Apr 30, 2019Throughout, the 400 Unit, specifically Amanda Shires, who provides soaring harmonies and some truly emotive violin work, adds considerable sonic heft to the proceedings, and help to imbue Ritter's workmanlike folk-rock narratives with the kind of studio finesse that sometimes eludes him when left to his own devices.
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Apr 30, 2019This album as a whole doesn't quite match the consistent glories of such earlier albums as Hello Starling and The Animal Years, but he remains an artist eminently worthy of attention.
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Apr 30, 2019Fever Breaks is a moving exercise in reshuffling and restating what a long-time talent does best in a just-new-enough guise.
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MojoMay 1, 2019A career-builder, if not a game-changer. [Jun 2019, p.89]
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