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Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird

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Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird

Second ep from Swedish singer-sonwriter Kristian Mattson

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7.9

Label
Dead Oceans
UK Release date
08/11/2010
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  1. 9.1 |   A.V. Club

    Matsson quiets his fiery side on the Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird EP, but even when he’s going the delicately pretty route, his songs aspire to greater heights
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  2. 9.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Another spotless testament to Matsson’s genuinely exciting, fresh, and reverent take on folk music
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  3. 9.0 |   No Ripcord

    His music is more punk than punk music is nowadays—stripped down completely to only the most basic and bare of instruments
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  4. 8.2 |   Beats Per Minute

    Given the upwards trend of his career, one can now see that full length masterpiece over the horizon
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  5. 8.0 |   Eye Weekly

    If this is what heartache sounds like, everybody’s going to want a piece
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  6. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    The sound of a man who’s totally comfortable in his own skin
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  7. 7.8 |   Pitchfork

    Start to finish, Blues is as thoughtfully and carefully constructed as either of Matsson's albums
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  8. 7.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Filled with a warm charm that’s quite at odds with the often desperate lyrics
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  9. 7.0 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    There's a quality about Matsson that injects charisma into even the most timid of moments and it's this that continues to blossom in his work
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