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9.0
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9.0 |
The Quietus
You might come away from Wit's End feeling like you've witnessed a masterpiece, but you'll have a pretty hard time explaining why
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8.4
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8.4 |
Pitchfork
This record is a downer. But there's rare beauty in such darkness, too - just look at forebears like Leonard Cohen, Elliott Smith, and Nick Drake
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8.0
25380
8.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
An album that certainly is no soundtrack to a sunny day but is perfectly suited to a contemplative night alone
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8.0
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Mojo
Far from the title's implied despair, Wit's End sounds more like home, sweet home. Print edition only
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8.0
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Q
Hard to get a handle on, but easy to love. Print edition only
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8.0
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Spin
Canny poetry, soft arrangements, and crawling tempos
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8.0
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The Fly
Probably won’t feature in many annual roundups, but this is something to treasure for years to come
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8.0
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musicOMH
A little more light and shade wouldn't go amiss, yet even his dark side is eminently loveable
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8.0
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Tiny Mix Tapes
McCombs is making music as if his soul depended on it
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8.0
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Drowned In Sound
All of Cass McCombs’ deliberate ambiguities add up to a beguiling character worth shouting about
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7.5
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A.V. Club
McCombs allows occasional flickers of light to peek into the blackness, and they seem to shine all the brighter
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7.0
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Bowlegs
An album of subtle power and blissful tranquility
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7.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
Genuinely pretty, moving in slow-motion through a wide range of acoustic texture and gently accompanied by McCombs’ hanging mid-range voice
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7.0
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PopMatters
McCombs has constructed a difficult and wandering album, an album of beautifully hushed insistence
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7.0
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NME
His reverb-laden sound makes him vaguely modern, unlike some folk artists
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6.9
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Beats Per Minute
We find McCombs again retreating from greatness, preferring instead to gallop along at an even pace, without the wow factor of which we know he is capable
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6.5
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Prefix
Few artists can create a musical world that listeners can dive into and lose themselves in
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6.0
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Rave Magazine
May be too much effort for some – but as ever, the rewards are there if you’re willing to enter the dark side
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6.0
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State
Interesting but uneven listening
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6.0
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6.0 |
A.V. Club
A wordsmith of great economy and precision
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6.0
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6.0 |
Uncut
So sparse and downbeat that it occasionally verges on the drab. Print edition only
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5.0
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Rolling Stone
The best parts of his past efforts ... are dulled down here; nuances become hard to distinguish under the cover of repetitive, mournful piano
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5.0
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Blurt
The California-based musician has turned to a darker and moodier palette which too often falls into the traps risked by his approach
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4.0
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Under The Radar
Though littered with beautiful moments, WIT'S END feels suffocating in its repetition
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