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- Summary: Mixed by Tucker Martine, the latest release from the alt-country singer-songwriter was written using an electronic autoharp and an octave-shifting pedal.
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- Record Label: Merge
- Genre(s): Country, Folk, Alt-Country, Americana, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Country-Folk
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Positive: 10 out of 14
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Mixed: 4 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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Sep 10, 2013It is a beautiful sleeplessness captured in Surrounded; in those channels and eddies, fans of his musical landscapes can drift for hours.
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Sep 12, 2013Buckner’s songwriting, both in the arrangements and vocals, is laser-focused on the development and exploration of his scorched-earth aesthetic. Together, they project it with grace, refinement, and skill.
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Q MagazineJan 27, 2014His trademark lyrical honesty and sublime fingerpicking remain at the fore. [Oct 2013, p.99]
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Aug 29, 2013Buckner’s record is a vague reflection of something remarkably powerful, a beautiful mirror image of dreams, of dusty reminiscences and pleas that come too late.
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Aug 30, 2013While Buckner's songs can be awe-inspiring (just ask Bon Iver's Justin Vernon), Surrounded, like its most recent predecessors, requires closer attention in order to fully appreciate.
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Aug 29, 2013The results sound more natural than risky and the entire album finds a nice place between the direct and the obtuse.
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Sep 4, 2013Good as this is, it could be that much better.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Nov 15, 2013
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