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- Summary: The singer-songwriter, dubbed "unobtrusively brilliant" by John Peel, releases his fifth LP.
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- Record Label: Domino
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, International
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Positive: 18 out of 23
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Mixed: 5 out of 23
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Negative: 0 out of 23
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Apr 22, 2011So yeah, this record is a downer. But there's rare beauty in such darkness, too-- just look at forebears like Leonard Cohen, Elliott Smith, and Nick Drake. Or even Edgar Allan Poe. Because, along with its mopiness, WIT'S END is creepy as hell.
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Q MagazineMay 17, 2011Hard to get a handle, but easy to love. [May 2011, p.119]
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Sep 6, 2011All of Cass McCombs' deliberate ambiguities add up to a beguiling character worth shouting about, even if he's not willing to do it himself. Give this album a spin and join its gently strident fan base.
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May 16, 2011The preambular Wit's End (hopefully he hasn't reached his) primes McCombs for the '10s with piano lamentations marking another well-paced (albeit drowsier) long-player.
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May 2, 2011He knows his 1970s AM-radio rock ballads, his English pastoral folk.
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Apr 21, 2011No prizes for guessing who's been reading Guy Debord then, but it's these touches as well as his reverb-laden sound that makes him vaguely modern, unlike some folk artists who'd be happier pretending the 20th century never even happened.
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Apr 29, 2011Unafraid of bursting your bubble, Wit's End crawls and slithers slowly, touching upon the darkest of themes.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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