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- Summary: The posthumous release for the singer-songwriter/producer was recorded over several years before it was completed a month before his death in July.
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- Record Label: Secretly Canadian
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Pop
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UncutOct 18, 2018The gravity of his subject matter finds a contrast in Swift's playful musical settings. [Dec 2018, p.33]
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Sep 24, 2018Despite its subject matter and context, The Hex is by no means a grim listen. It’s very much a continuation and, inevitably, a conclusion of the fine solo work Richard Swift did in the past, and a fitting and self-aware cap on a career that ended far too early.
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Sep 24, 2018He was better known for his studio acumen and production work than his own songs, yes, but his solo albums are revered among those lucky enough to have heard them. The Hex will only bolster his legacy.
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Sep 26, 2018For those new to his work, The Hex serves as a fully realized glimpse of the universe he spent his career mapping. But there’s also a sense he’s speaking directly to a select few.
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Oct 30, 2018Here his final collection of songs is both grand and ghostly, sweeping and solitary, and you do not have to know how the story ends to sense a profound melancholy.
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MojoOct 22, 2018The Hex expands brilliantly in a musical vision that had lain mostly dormant. [Dec 2018, p.90]
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Sep 24, 2018Swift sings on the sweet, lonesome “Dirty Jim,” which has lyrics that sum up the album’s deep tones of loneliness and regret. Offsetting some of that weight are Swift’s generous soul and rock arrangements, which he tracked almost entirely on his own, with a deft studio touch.
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Dec 19, 2018"The Hex" - is 11 musical films that were a perfect completion of a solo career Swift.
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