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- Summary: The third full-length solo release for the Los Angeles singer-songwriter/producer features guest appearances from Father John Misty, Lana Del Ray, Laraaji, and Lucius.
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- Record Label: Bella Union
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Apr 5, 2018Rare Birds is a must for fans of The War on Drugs, and for any rock fans who believe the album is a lost art.
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Mar 2, 2018Thankfully, while pouring out his soul into three or four-minute measures he never loses sight of his attractive Americana-goes-pop sensibilities, most perfectly realised on Over The Midnight and the title track.
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Mar 5, 2018Rare Birds is sprawling, rich and, by and large, a triumph, its cosmic mindset and focus on detail breathing drama into songs that in lesser hands might sound stale.
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Mar 2, 2018Rare Birds is dizzying in ambition and (mostly) dazzling in execution. It offers hours of enjoyment to anyone who takes it on.
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MagnetApr 17, 2018Wilson is brilliant and creative yet hindered by his own expansive eclecticism and purple prose. [No. 150, p.61]
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Mar 2, 2018It's clear that Jonathan Wilson's naked ambition has reached a zenith, for better and for worse, with Rare Birds.
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Mar 6, 2018Ultimately, there's too much of it and not enough of the tracks here are anything other than mediocre, indie singer/songwriter tunes that are as easily discarded as they appear to be easily written and produced.
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