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- Summary: The third full-length release for the Colorado indie folk is a concept album with three chapters about the impact of addiction on a fictional family.
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- Record Label: Dualtone Music
- Genre(s): Country, Folk, Alt-Country, Americana, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Country-Folk
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Leader of the Landslide | |
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Every night I saw you there In your old wicker chair Singing, ooh You were wrong, I was right Didn't matter in a fight Ooh Coffee mug filled it... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 4 out of 5
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Mixed: 1 out of 5
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Nov 22, 2019III is a cinematic album undertaking a complicated subject. III and the accompanying music video are culturally important points of contact with the realities of addiction. As such, the Lumineers deliver the album with compassion and clemency.
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Q MagazineSep 25, 2019It's cleverly and passionately done. [Nov 2019, p.112]
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Sep 25, 2019Most of the songs maintain a decidedly hollow-eyed sound, one that requires the listener to lean in and patiently wait for the songs to reach a crescendo. Happily, it’s well worth the indulgence.
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Sep 25, 2019III moves at a deliberate, nearly dreary pace that forces a listener to pay attention, and while it can take some effort to meet the Lumineers on their own terms, it's nevertheless easy to admire the ambition behind the project.
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UncutSep 25, 2019Something of a grind--repeat helpings of grimly strummed acoustic guitar and keening vocals becoming the folk equivalent of consecutive courses of muesli. [Nov 2019, p.29]
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Positive: 4 out of 6
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Mixed: 1 out of 6
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Negative: 1 out of 6
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Nov 14, 2019Best album 2019. Thanks. I Love You very much. You so amazing! i'm crying, i'm can't
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Sep 25, 2019
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Oct 9, 2019A literal masterpiece, its so good, very good. The movie and the album intertwine perfectly
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Sep 26, 2019
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Jan 8, 2020
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Sep 26, 2019A faltering, unfaithful replication of indie folk, drowning in a false sense of "meaningful" schmaltz.
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