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May 16, 2012These aren't songs simply notable for their attitude or irreverence--they're a fine collection of songs, period.
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Feb 29, 2012Sonically, it's on par with the rest of his discography: meaty instrumentation, multi-layered vocals, winks and smirks.
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Feb 27, 2012A cut above.
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Feb 27, 2012Whereas Too Young to Be in Love was the excited doodles of a crush's name in a notebook, Hairdresser Blues is the discarding of the love letters that came after.
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Feb 27, 2012Hairdresser Blues offers a more intimate window in to a more down-to-earth personal world, allowing room for that enormous persona to be folded back into the greater sum of Bogart's infectious songwriting personality.
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Feb 28, 2012Bogart takes his listener on a jangled journey that doesn't always make sense.
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Feb 28, 2012Though Blues is a quick listen, clocking in at a scant 26 minutes, it twists and turns (and builds up and breaks down) so much that it feels much longer and somehow more complete than past efforts.