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In the Blossom of Their Shade Image
Metascore
85

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  • Summary: The latest full-length solo studio release for the Illinois-born singer-songwriter was produced with Chris Seefried.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Oct 13, 2021
    90
    While LaFarge might still be a time-traveling rock troubadour, he seems to have found the center of his musical universe with In the Blossom of Their Shade.
  2. Oct 13, 2021
    80
    The music rambles and rumbles like an old jalopy that always gets where it’s going with style. It’s vintage stuff that never sounds old as much as ripe and ready for cruising.
  3. Oct 13, 2021
    80
    An entertainingly diverse set.
  4. Uncut
    Oct 13, 2021
    80
    Smart stylistic detours mask something a little deeper. [Oct 2021, p.24]
  5. Oct 14, 2021
    70
    The result is the 10-song In The Blossom Of Their Shade, a curious, but strong record rooted in old time jazz and country music that sounds like found audio from another generation.
  6. 70
    All in all, it’s a record that’s flush with reassurance and decidedly sedate circumstance.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. Oct 15, 2021
    10
    Too short, but so, so, so good. It sounds like a perfect evolution of Pokey. Perfect in every way.
  2. Oct 18, 2021
    10
    "Whatchu think I do" starts with that line and just get better and better. He is a master of fusing styles.