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Skip a Sinking Stone
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  • Summary: The second full-length release for the Jordan Lee project was influenced by his time on tour, settling in New York, falling in and out of a relationship and struggling with depression.
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Skipping Stones
You are the first thing I see When I open my eyes when I wake from a dream You're the light through a rip in the seams Bursts forth from the night... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. musicOMH.com
    Jun 2, 2016
    90
    Even when his quality control slips slightly, the music remains utterly beautiful, like glittering light on a river, or gossamer threads floating through the air on a summer’s day.
  2. The 405
    May 18, 2016
    85
    His music is meant to be both nakedly honest and cathartic at once, and this is where Skip a Sinking Stone succeeds the most.
  3. Record Collector
    Jun 20, 2016
    80
    It’s an album to truly cherish.
  4. Under The Radar
    May 18, 2016
    70
    The album is being billed as two distinct halves, and that certainly is the case. The first part of Skip a Sinking Stone looms large over the whole album, setting a bar the rest of the album, lovely and hopeful as it is, can't quite hit.
  5. The Line of Best Fit
    May 19, 2016
    70
    Mutual Benefit occasionally build to moments of wonderful melancholy, before coming back down and resetting their expectations. It’s a charming sense of reality, but ultimately the music drifts in the middle lane too much to be truly mesmerising.
  6. Pitchfork
    May 19, 2016
    70
    The mindset of Skip a Sinking Stone is best entered with the intent of total immersion and allotting a similar amount of Mutual Benefit music to more conventional song structures and interludes can feel like a vision quest stopped too frequently for bathroom breaks.
  7. Consequence
    May 18, 2016
    58
    Skip A Sinking Stone is Lee’s most mature, thoughtful work yet, filled with complex reflection and meditation. That sense of calm also serves as the record’s biggest drawback, as it lacks the dramatic tension and sweeping heights that made songs like “Golden Wake” or “Advanced Falconry” so direct and impactful.

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  1. ScottWeaver
    Aug 22, 2018
    9
    While Skip A Sinking Stone does not reach the highs of Love's Crushing Diamond, the music is still beautiful. If there is any falloff here,While Skip A Sinking Stone does not reach the highs of Love's Crushing Diamond, the music is still beautiful. If there is any falloff here, it is minuscule.… Expand

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