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- Record Label: Bloodshot
- Release Date: Apr 15, 2014
- Artist(s): Bobby Bare, Jr.
- Summary: The fourth release for the Nashville alt-country-rock singer with the Young Criminals' Starvation League is the first in four years.
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- Record Label: Bloodshot
- Genre(s): Country, Americana, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Country-Rock
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Apr 30, 2014Easily digestible, wholeheartedly inoffensive and very much DIY, this is an album that makes the forty minutes more than worth the investment. If only every disc could be this much fun.
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Apr 30, 2014Undefeated is a revealing set of songs that spins gold from life's big and little ups and downs.
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MojoApr 30, 2014Eclectic whimsicality--chugging blues gets a stadium guitar intro; horns add even more uplift to engaging Fountains Of Waynesque Big Times. [May 2014, p.91]
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Apr 30, 2014His vocals are delivered with such breezy casualness, you almost miss the poetry in the words. Pair that with the brilliant musicianship and it’s simply confounding that Bare and his band aren’t as big as groups like Arcade Fire and My Morning Jacket at this point.
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Apr 30, 2014The ten songs here threaten at times to up and wander off, but Bare manages to hold everything together with some strong songwriting and unusual, borderline retro arrangements.
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Apr 30, 2014This rampant musical eclecticism is fun and keeps things from getting boring but it’s also occasionally too scattershot, even though most of the players remain the same throughout.