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A solid, atmospheric, singer-songwriter record.
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The songs on Once Upon a Little Time bloom as slowly as lotus blossom, their graceful colours and subtle variations revealing themselves gradually.
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He barely sings above conversational volume -- a little bit raspy, rife with emotion and completely convincing. It's a perfect fit for his songs, and for the half-broken but lovely and endearing production style with which he has realized them.
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A loose, engaging collection of songs that won’t knock your socks off the first time you hear it, but begins to work its way under your skin on subsequent spins.
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Once Upon a Little Time may not be as immediately gripping as How Animals Move, but it grows on you, slowly and insistently, creating its terrain.
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It hardly makes for the most exciting record of the year.... But it is clearly a very accomplished album.
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Parish is having fun on this album, and the musicians he’s bonded with enjoy the ride as well.
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New Musical Express (NME)His molasses-coated cooing works well along his sparse arrangements. [17 Sep 2005, p.58]
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UncutSome fascinating music but... you suspect Parish's talents are best utilised as a collaborator. [Oct 2005, p.111]
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Parish is good at what he does, but I suspect he'll have a hard time finding an audience with patience to watch him do it.
User score distribution:
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sasasassaOct 26, 2005