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- Summary: The fifth release and the first major label full-length album for the New York-based singer-songwriter.
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- Record Label: Bella Union
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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| As the faces of the rock begin to gather at the ground, And the manzanita finds a way to curl and to be, And the second hand is satisfied with how it... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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May 26, 2017In short, it’s a low-key gem.
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MojoMay 9, 2017Rosewood Almanac more than transcends its influences. [Jun 2017, p.93]
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May 11, 2017With existential lyrics about hardship and fate (including reference to his own successful cancer treatments following 2014's Gray Lodge Wisdom), the singer's calm delivery manages to convey gratitude, understanding, pain, and affection across the album and even within single songs.
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UncutMay 9, 2017Stratton's accessible but deep-rooted approach embraces a barbed undertow in opener "Light Blue," while dashing arrangements--slivers of stringed wonder deployed to resonate effect on "Vanishing Class"--illuminates his songwriting craft. [Jun 2017, p.37]
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May 22, 2017Stratton’s ambitions are far more modest, but the new album quite successfully transports your attention away from the banal.
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May 9, 2017The mood throughout is of beauty rather than bite, slowly waking up to the world.
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Q MagazineAug 11, 2017Stratton is much richer musically than lyrically but, like a fast-flowing stream, he carries you along with him regardless. [Sep 2017, p.115]