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79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

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  1. Mar 22, 2019
    78
    Hayes Carll may forever swing between his impulses, but he's come to fully embrace What It Is.
  2. Mojo
    Feb 19, 2019
    80
    Fine follow-up [to 2016's Lovers & Leavers] ... has a wider range of emotions and some new classics. [Apr 2019, p.91]
  3. Feb 19, 2019
    80
    Like the work of another artist who recently envisioned a velvet Elvis, it’s songwriting that doesn’t pander to mainstream country, alt-country, so-called Americana, indie-folk, or what-have you. It just tells its story, indelibly.