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- Summary: The first new full-length studio release for singer-songwriter in seven years was recorded in Santa Monica with producer Ross Hogarth.
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- Record Label: New West
- Genre(s): Folk, Pop/Rock
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Aug 18, 2021Here’s a motion to take “Canola Fields,” “Operation Never Mind,” “The Horses and the Hounds” and “Ft. Walton Wake-Up Call” with “Blackberry Winter” a close contender, into that hallowed group – top 30 or 40 of McMurtry’s best songs. The others on this album missing from this shortlist would be the envy of any other songwriter, a measure of McMurtry’s brilliance.
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UncutAug 18, 2021McMurtry's latest lifts storytelling-in-song to meticulous new levels. [Sep 2021, p.29]
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Aug 18, 2021The Horses and the Hounds proves that McMurtry’s nearly peerless ability to tear our hearts out with a good yarn hasn’t waned a bit.
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Aug 20, 2021His work is full of the messy energy and surprising turns of a life lived hard, and on The Horses and the Hounds, the music speaks as vividly as his excellent songs. Not many artists pushing 60 get to deliver as satisfying a breakthrough as this one.
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Aug 25, 2021McMurtry sounds more engaged here, more focused, and more generous to his hard-luck characters.
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Aug 18, 2021Upon first listen, The Horses and the Hounds is reminiscent of most other McMurtry albums, but as it unfolds, new textures appear and settle into the mix like they’ve always belonged.
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MojoAug 18, 2021Not quite up to par with the last three indie label releases, but he set the bar high. [Oct 2021, p.93]
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Aug 27, 2021
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