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- Summary: The latest album from the Magnolia Electric Co. is a tribute concept album for their deceased bassist, Evan Farrell.
- Record Label: Secretly Canadian
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Alt-Country
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 16
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Mixed: 4 out of 16
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Negative: 0 out of 16
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The sympathetic accompaniment of his expansive band--which abandons its on-stage Crazy Horse roar to operate in a spare, desolate gray area between funeral-paced country and bloodshot soul on the quietly breathtaking Josephine--does nothing to make Molina seem any less alone.
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It's at times fragile, at times bolstering, at times bittersweet, at times even triumphant, but it's timeless all the same.
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UncutMolina here opts for a more expansive spproach with reedy harmonies, horns, soulful guitars and gospel piano. [Aug 2009, p.100]
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There’s a nocturnal ambience in places, a mythic sensibility throughout, but plenty of light in the dark.
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Backed by a fine team of multi-instrumentalists, Molina delivers a harrowing set of songs with short running times and minimalist arrangements.
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It’s the most countrified record he’s released and, as such, lacks some of the more distinctive and heart-breaking qualities shared by his best work.
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There are real, new stylistic portents here. But Josephine mostly suggests new directions rather than moving in them, and the traceless ache of its muddy middle-third ('Hope Dies Last,' 'The Handing Down,' 'Map of the Falling Sky') is burdensome.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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JackC.Jul 22, 2009
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LouisW.Jul 23, 2009
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