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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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Dec 17, 2018His final statement cuts a broad swathe, taking in soul, pop and psychedelia across its 11 ambitious tracks. ... A fine songwriter has bid goodnight.
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Nov 8, 2018This is not an album made by a person who retreats after a break-up, this is an album made by someone who has spent an unknowable amount of time drifting in and out of spaces without ever feeling rooted. Yet for all of the serious subject matter, the album offers humor and lightness as ways to process the pain.
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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 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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Sep 24, 2018Altogether, The Hex is a complicated record of a period fraught with loss and psychic struggle for Swift, and its beautiful, twisted lyricism and memorably stylized sound rise to the occasion.
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Oct 9, 2018It’s a deeply engaging, consistently great release from a uniquely interesting artist. It’s just a damn shame that he’ll never get the chance to do it again.
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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.