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  • Summary: The sixth full-length studio release for Colin MacIntyre indie pop project was produced by Bernard Butler.
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  1. Nov 29, 2018
    80
    Writing with a sentimental gaze was a dominant trait of MacIntyre's even as a young man, and now in middle age, he does so with the authority of a nearly two-decade career and accumulated personal history behind him on this excellent release.
  2. Oct 3, 2018
    80
    It’s an introspective record and, although there are flashes of the melodic indie-pop Mull Historical Society are known for, it’s overall more laid-back.
  3. Mojo
    Oct 3, 2018
    80
    MacIntyre's creativity is clearly in full flower. [Nov 2018, p.90]
  4. Oct 3, 2018
    70
    This occasionally uneven, frequently thrilling, plunge into the past proves that sometimes the only way we can go forwards is by looking back.
  5. Uncut
    Oct 3, 2018
    70
    Butler performs the same job that Trevor Horn did with Belle & Sebastian--adding a widescreen pop ambition to McIntyre's flinty personal tales. [Nov 2018, p.34]
  6. Oct 12, 2018
    60
    Throughout Wakelines, MacIntyre turns his gift for that style of music to good use. He searches through the past even while working to process the present. It makes for an afternoon of wistful reflection with a gifted songwriter, but it could still benefit from a little more meat and fricti