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- Summary: The eighth full-length studio release for the Mike Kinsella solo project was produced by S. Carey.
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- Record Label: Polyvinyl
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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| Stay poor, and die trying Take the drugs I didn't take Lay the horse I didn't lay 'Cause I was too afraid that I might like it Carry scissors with... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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MagnetAug 11, 2016Kinsella's mastery of pop melodicism in the service of heartbreakingly beautiful and unvarnished sentiment is again on full and perfect display. [No. 134, p.59]
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Jul 29, 2016Songs rarely adhere to one form, instead taking bits and pieces of Kinsella’s career and making them all sound fresh. It’s the kind of record that will appease Owen fans, but it’s lush enough--and inspired enough--to suggest that Owen is perhaps the best it’s ever been.
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Jul 27, 2016The King of Whys is wrought with restless artistry, simultaneously looking for and finding emotional release through musical exploration, lyrical introspection and bits of dry humour.
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Aug 2, 2016The King of Whys is never not magnificent, maybe too much for its own good–despite Kinsella’s unsparing account of his father's alcoholism and depression, the handclaps and chipper strumming of “A Burning Soul” could’ve made it a mid-‘90s college hit à la Guster.
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Aug 24, 2016May have just been two or three tracks too long but in the end, The King of Whys addresses a lot of things that we can relate to.
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Aug 8, 2016Instrumentally, the album maintains the similar Owen tropes we’ve come to love and expect.
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Jul 29, 2016The result is a consistently textured record, with beautifully integrated strings.
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