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Apr 5, 2016It’s the weird stuff that’s stirring on this non-native take on American folk and country, the eerie distortions that you get from being outside looking in.
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Feb 22, 2016The fact that this record was made in the aughts and not in the 60s is mind-boggling. Williams’ voice may as well have time-traveled and spent an extended vacation with classic rock’s finest. It’s an album that leaves you wanting another nine songs so you can hear the end of the “story.”
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Feb 19, 2016Given his richness of experience before he entered the studio, it makes sense that the nine tracks here are as so assured.
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Feb 17, 2016At times Williams nearly overdoes it--he's transformed Billy Fury's "I'm Lost Without You" into an oddly sepia-toned, sweeping string arrangement--but ultimately, it's for the better that he takes these chances.
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Feb 16, 2016While he doesn’t know quite where his strengths lie yet, tracks such as Strange Things and Lonely Side of Her boast a ghostly, weathered quality that compensates for the odd hillbilly dud.
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Feb 11, 2016The overall effect is something akin to what the Byrds were doing in 1967: it’s not that the album sounds like Younger Than Yesterday or The Notorious Byrd Brothers, more the sense of someone trying to synthesise contrasting musics into a single coherent identity.
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MojoFeb 4, 2016A solo debut with am encyclopaedic range. [Mar 2016, p.96]
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Sep 30, 2016Americana may find its best representation in the Kiwi's broad reach and inclusive interpretation.
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Feb 4, 2016Marlon Williams deepens with each consecutive listen, which doesn't take long, because at 35 minutes, it ends way before you'll want it to. [Jan/Feb 2016, p.60]
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Feb 16, 2016Whilst it could have perhaps benefitted from more variety in the latter half, Marlon Williams’ debut release provides a well-considered grounding for what will hopefully be a very fruitful career indeed.
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UncutFeb 4, 2016His solo debut respects the US traditions that nourish him while reflecting his own history. [Mar 2016, p.82]
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Feb 17, 2016Marlon Williams is a perfectly pleasant listen, but we’ll have to check back to see what Williams can do when his personal experience catches up to his subject matter.
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Q MagazineFeb 4, 2016If Williams would only take the time to explore just a few of the ideas he presented here, his album would be far deeper than it is broad.[Mar 2016, p.117]