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It's some of Firewater's angriest, most poignant, and most accomplished music.
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It’s a testament to the strength of Ashley’s reality, and more importantly his adaptability, that the album holds together at all. Although it draws on half a continent’s worth of source material, The Golden Hour still bears, at every turn, the dark, swaggering cynicism that has always defined Firewater.
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It defies, nay challenges, you not to tap your feet or, heaven forbid, dance.
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When stretching things out to an hour, Firewater—a predecessor to Gogol Bordello, Beirut, and any other indie group assimilating Balkan-esque influences—haven't made a record as concise or clever as it should have been, but they can still knock out an anthem ("6:45") with refreshing confidence.
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UncutPredictably, it's all over the map, but The Golden Hour fizzes with invention. [July 2008, p.106]
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Under The RadarTod A had to leave the country to write Firewater’s latest, but his quest has resulted in their best album yet. [Summer 2008]
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Positive: 12 out of 13
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Sep 20, 2019A journey worth taking Tod A tells stories similar to Leonard Coen. If you liked Cop shoot cop you will love Firewater.
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Oct 27, 2012
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CharlieQ.Jul 17, 2008Uniquely fascinating, eminently listenable, entertaining and frequently inspiring. The lead track "Borneo" will stick in your head for weeks.