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10.0
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Uncut
A stone-cold masterpiece, it's a lost telegram of flickering faith and burned-out hope
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10.0
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Subba Cultcha
He probably won't cheer you up, but there are little who could astound so well with their misery and offer a redemptive light in all the darkness
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10.0
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Drowned In Sound
A truly magnificent record
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10.0
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Evening Standard
Josh T Pearson is this year's John Grant: a bearded American who is back from the brink with a melancholic masterpiece
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10.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
One of the greatest and most compelling albums to emerge from this decade so far
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9.0
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DIY
Josh T. Pearson has created an album of genuinely breathtaking emotional heft. Astounding
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9.0
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No Ripcord
It might be painful, but you will savour every tear and be thankful for the bruises
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9.0
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The Digital Fix
The ex-Lift To Experience frontman's extraordinarily demanding album is a howl from the backwoods; lovingly detailed but as raw and exposed as salt on an open wound
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9.0
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The Observer
The overall effect is more of catharsis than desolation
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9.0
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The 405
Occasionally an artist pops up with talent so rich, a soul so deep and balls so big, it tips the balance and the world feels level again. Thank God for Josh T. Pearson
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9.0
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Blurt
Where the hell did Pearson disappear to after LtE's dissolution? Sporadic solo performance sightings aside, he eventually relocated to Paris and - now this. Reacquaint yourselves
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9.0
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AU Review
At only seven songs, it’s a little short but, for those who’ve waited 10 years for this material, it will feel like finding an archive. Simply stunning
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8.5
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BBC
A raw and white-knuckled collection, one which captures the phenomenal emotions of the man’s solo live sets
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8.0
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Prefix
A moving and welcome, albeit sometimes fatiguing, comeback from what was thought to be a lost soul
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8.0
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Rolling Stone
His faith in love rings loud and pure through the hell
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8.0
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Clash
To be absolutely treasured
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8.0
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The Quietus
A stark, heart-breaking and often harrowing album
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8.0
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musicOMH
Stark yet still overtly dramatic, it's an astonishing showcase of confessional songwriting
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8.0
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Q
Pearson's muse has caught fire once more. Print edition only
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8.0
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The Skinny
A precious record, almost certainly among the most soulful you’re likely to hear this year
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8.0
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Mojo
These are less songs, more open wounds. Print edition only
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6.0
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The Guardian
As troubled as you'd expect, with the preacher's son conjuring clouds of intensity from mostly just plucked guitar and his ravaged Jeff Buckley of a vocal
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6.0
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Bowlegs
If you can hit the lights and steer through the gloomy fog, then just maybe you will discover it’s admittedly bleak but charming vulnerability
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6.0
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The Irish Times
Musically, the mood throughout is as considered as the lyrics – no dancing here, just intense diary entries that keep you rooted to the spot
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6.0
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Under The Radar
An auspicious opening scene to what will hopefully be a long and brilliant second act
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6.0
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Rave Magazine
Sincerity only works if it’s leavened with requisite irony and playfulness, and that’s a characteristic that Last Of The Country Gentlemen sorely lacks
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6.0
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Daily Telegraph
This sporadically beguiling record lacks the emotional vibrancy needed to stop listening becoming a slog
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4.0
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Pitchfork
At heart, it's just a dawdling folk record that's far too enamored with its own put-ons and far too disregarding of its listener
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