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Catacombs

Cass McCombs

Catacombs

Californian singer-songwriter with his fourth collection of acoustic tracks

ADM rating[?]

7.1

Label
Domino
UK Release date
01/06/2009
  1. 8.2 |   Pitchfork

    While Conor Oberst's been saddled/showered with New Dylan hosannas and critical tongue baths this decade, McCombs has fashioned himself a groove as new school rambler and pokerfaced tone poet totally under the radar
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  2. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    This sounds like his “right here right now” album, in which the singer’s erstwhile moodiness has been replaced with a smirk
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  3. 8.0 |   NME

    This is an album of long, mysterious love songs to get lost in for days – seek it ou
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  4. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    Catacombs is a flawed album, yes, but were it not for McCombs’s willingness to take the risks that lead to those flaws, he probably would have made an album that even Ray LaMontagne fans would love. And nobody—McCombs, I’m guessing, least of all—wants that
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  5. 7.0 |   No Ripcord

    Nice to hear music being made for the sake of music itself, devoid of any gimmicks, pre-emptive fame, or other distractions. Hopefully Catacombs will turn more people on to this unique yet familiar sound
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  6. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Print edition only


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