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- Artist(s): B-Legit
- Summary: The second full-length solo release from Parquet Courts's A. Savage was produced by John Parish and features contributions from Jack Cooper, Cate Le Bon, Euan Hinshelwood, Dylan Hadley, and Magdalena McLean.
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- Record Label: Rough Trade
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Oct 6, 2023There’s a lot to unpack in Several Songs About Fire, but what shines through is Savage’s songwriting ability. He is surely one of the finest lyricists working in music today.
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Oct 6, 2023In track after track, he mulls over memories of neighborhood characters and late-night hijinks, contemplating all the ways that the city can grind you down. The lone exception is “Riding Cobbles,” a lighthearted fantasy of European idyll. Several Songs About Fire plays out like a long, messy divorce from an adopted home. Musically, though, there’s nothing shaggy about Several Songs About Fire.
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Oct 6, 2023At its peaks, it is capacious, melancholy and beautifully indicative of the human desire for connection and meaning. It is also, at times, simpering and molasses-y, when Savage has proven he knows how to succeed without shackling himself to those tropes. When it burns low, its ashes are suffocating—but when it flares, it blazes high.
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UncutOct 6, 2023It ["Hurtin' Or Healed"] is one of many moments on the record with a reflectively slow and gentle pace. But there are also subtle dynamic shifts and spikes throughout. [Nov 2023, p.32]
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MojoOct 6, 2023Traces lines to both Bill Callahan's downbeat philosophising and Jonathan Richman's crafted wit and primal rock'n'roll chug. [Nov 2023, p.94]