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9.1
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9.1 |
Paste Magazine
The Kansas City songwriter pens a love letter to his home in the Heartland on his eighth album. Here, something as lofty and intangible as Heaven is just another place on Earth. It’s Morby’s best effort yet
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9.0
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PopMatters
A masterpiece of simple and, at times, epic proportions that will linger deep within one’s soul
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9.0
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Sputnik Music (staff)
It possesses all the marks of a year-defining folk/Americana release – and while I’ll stop short of calling it an instant classic, I do think time will be kind to this album
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8.5
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Beats Per Minute
Along with the production from The National’s Aaron Dessner, who has become one of the most sought after producers in his own right, he has enlisted cooperation from Amelia Meath, Andrew Barr, Justin Vernon (Bon Iver), Katie Gavin (MUNA), Lucinda Williams, Meg Duffy (Hand Habits), and more
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8.0
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Pitchfork
Working with Aaron Dessner, the singer-songwriter balances contentment and mortal anxiety on the most cohesive and tuneful album of his career
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8.0
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Record Collector
Ultimately, it's yet another great set of songs from one of America's best. Print edition only
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8.0
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DIY
The record’s strength lies in Kevin’s knack for turning simplicity into poignancy
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8.0
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Under The Radar
Little Wide Open is so good it’ll hopefully crack Morby’s career wide open
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8.0
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Uncut
A restless songwriter turns inward, mapping love, distance and life on the road
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8.0
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Mojo
The eight-minute-long title track is arguably Morby’s greatest song to date, finding him both suffocating amid great expanse and yet desiring to escape within it. Altogether, Little Wide Open is a creative high-water mark
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Guardian
With help from Aaron Dessner, Bon Iver and Lucinda Williams, the Americana artist shares his uncertainties around his roots and relationships in unhurried, subtly melancholic songs
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7.5
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7.5 |
Northern Transmissions
Little Wide Open doesn’t rush. Like Morby, it contemplates the seasons rolling by
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7.5
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7.5 |
No Ripcord
Represents a musical homecoming for Morby to the Americana that is central to much of his work
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6.0
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6.0 |
Far Out
Much like all long journeys, the hour-long runtime of the album is going to be equally filled with moments of reflective joy and an itch to have it over and done
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4.6
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4.6 |
Spectrum Culture
The singer/songwriter makes a valiant pivot into rock, though he lacks the backbone, grit and conviction to make it work
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