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- Summary: The latest album from the Scottish singer-songwriter features his drummer from Appendix Out.
- Record Label: Drag City
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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UncutWith Spoils, Alasdair Roberts has delivered his finest work to date. [May 2009, p.95]
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Part-Incredible String Band, part- Lal Waterson, but mostly magnificently unique.
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There is a clarity of musical and lyrical vision here that is rarely found in modern music.
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Despite the cool harpsichords, glockenspiels, flutes and dulcimers, it’s Roberts’ mournful voice that leads the songs to their rightful resting places.
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There are plenty of fine moments in all the songs, whether it's a sudden burst of harmonies, or unexpected instrumental flourishes, from behind the singer.
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Though it doesn’t hit the peaks of No Earthly Man, his 2005 foray into the pure history of the ballad, Spoils easily holds its own.
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Roberts is then left essentially targeting an audience obsessed with novelty, but his ammunition is weak.
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