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Little Wide Open

Kevin Morby

Little Wide Open

Eighth album of indie rock from the Kansas-based singer-songwriter produced by The National's Aaron Dessner

ADM rating[?]

7.8

Label
Dead Oceans
UK Release date
15/05/2026
US Release date
15/05/2026
  1. 9.1 |   Paste Magazine

    NEW 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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  2. 9.0 |   PopMatters

    NEW A masterpiece of simple and, at times, epic proportions that will linger deep within one’s soul
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  3. 8.0 |   Pitchfork

    NEW 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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  4. 8.0 |   Record Collector

    NEW Ultimately, it's yet another great set of songs from one of America's best. Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   DIY

    NEW The record’s strength lies in Kevin’s knack for turning simplicity into poignancy
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  6. 8.0 |   Under The Radar

    NEW Little Wide Open is so good it’ll hopefully crack Morby’s career wide open
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  7. 8.0 |   Uncut

    NEW A restless songwriter turns inward, mapping love, distance and life on the road
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  8. 8.0 |   Mojo

    NEW 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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  9. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    NEW 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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  10. 6.0 |   Far Out

    NEW 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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