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Dec 5, 2018Starter Home is country music for intellectuals, but he still hits those classic country tropes: longing in Waiting and alcohol as a cure for regret in Drinking With A Friend. His voice is velvety and smooth with texture, vital for a mature sound.
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MojoOct 31, 2018These are exquisitely sad songs of spare belongings and reduced circumstance, about men who fail, and the women who stay with them. [Dec 2018, p.91]
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UncutOct 31, 2018He's a poet of the everyday, finding outsized emotions within these life-sized tableaux. [Dec 2018, p.28]
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Oct 31, 2018Starter Home is a mostly quiet album despite its many players.
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Oct 31, 2018He takes a minimalist approach to the nine songs on Starter Home, focusing mostly on acoustic guitar and his warm, slightly rumpled voice. There are adornments here and there from violin, keyboards and steel guitar, which add texture and atmosphere to songs that seem unassuming until you listen closely enough to hear just how devastating they are.
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Jan 7, 2019Paisley understands that personal lyrics don’t have to read like a diary excerpt--that specificity creates universality.