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Waiting Out the Storm
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  • Summary: The second full-length release for the Nashville-based singer-songwriter was produced by his wife, Margo Price.
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  1. AllMusic
    Oct 16, 2020
    80
    Regardless of the thematic angle, Ivey approaches his music with intelligence and heart, serving up concise views of both the inner and outer worlds on this very likeable sophomore set.
  2. Glide Magazine
    Oct 16, 2020
    80
    With his rock solid, half Crazy Horse-half Heartbreakers sounding band, the Extraterrestrials, Ivey not only expands his sound from last year’s The Dream and the Dreamer, but he brings a passionate sense of urgency too.
  3. PopMatters
    Oct 16, 2020
    80
    There's no showing off or extended solos here, except for Ivey's lengthy vocal lines.
  4. American Songwriter
    Oct 16, 2020
    70
    Despite his decidedly downcast demeanor — imagine John Cale, Nick Cave and Lou Reed crashing one another’s therapy sessions and turning them into one colossal vent — several songs find a spark that manages to illuminate even the darkest designs.

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  1. Sseliger
    Nov 21, 2020
    7
    The songs are brilliant: Ivey's songwriting is biting, sarcastic, and direct, and he sings them with a flat cynicism that adds depth. TheThe songs are brilliant: Ivey's songwriting is biting, sarcastic, and direct, and he sings them with a flat cynicism that adds depth. The arrangements here often go a little too far though, adding large bands, backup singers, and occasionally strings. Ivey is great in live settings when he plays on his own or with his wife, and these tunes would have been better set for a small band, or just Ivey and a rhythm section.… Expand

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