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  • Summary: The second full-length release for Montreal-based artist Jonah Yano features guest appearances from Slauson Malone, Sea Oleena, and Leland Whitty and was co-produced with BadBadNotGood.
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  • Record Label: Innovative Leisure
  • Genre(s): Jazz, Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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  1. Mojo
    Feb 3, 2023
    80
    A follow-up that finds the pure-toned Montreal-based singer painting with a wider palette, thanks to backing from pianist Felix Fox-Pappas and Toronto jazzers BADBADNOTGOOD. [Mar 2023, p.89]
  2. Feb 3, 2023
    80
    ‘Portrait Of A Dog’ offers up a compelling glimpse into Yano’s chimerical interior world, deftly and sincerely, unfurling memory after memory without devolving into, and getting lost in, syrupy sentimentality.
  3. Feb 3, 2023
    73
    Refining the sprawling sound of Souvenir, Portrait of a Dog is produced entirely by the Toronto group BADBADNOTGOOD, encasing Yano’s melancholy lyrics and tranquil guitar playing in a more casual environment and giving the album a meditative, inviting tone.
  4. Feb 3, 2023
    70
    The follow-up, Portrait of a Dog, leans more heavily into jazz influences, including instrumental explorations and improvisation, while still processing the familial and adding a breakup to the mix.
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