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8.0
33957
8.0 |
Mojo
A confounding and bewitching set of songs that feels gloriously out of time. Print edition only
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8.0
34181
8.0 |
Evening Standard
The songs are slow and considered, the lyrics delicate and obtuse
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8.0
34182
8.0 |
The Guardian
A return to the desolate beauty of 1999's landmark album I See a Darkness
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8.0
34212
8.0 |
The Observer
Those who like their Will Oldham albums straight-up, sparse and intimate will find Wolfroy right up their street
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8.0
34226
8.0 |
NME
An absolute, unerring joy. Print edition only
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8.0
34326
8.0 |
NME
The entire thing is an absolute, unerring joy
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8.0
34453
8.0 |
BBC
A sober and smart record – his finest since 1999's I See a Darkness
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8.0
33408
8.0 |
Uncut
An album of Falstaffian name, but chaste and pensive character. Print edition only
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8.0
33478
8.0 |
No Ripcord
An album of striking and stark beauty
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8.0
34628
8.0 |
The Irish Times
Great, subdued, meaty songs
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8.0
35103
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Will Oldham’s still got it. He’s not mellowed with age and long may his misery continue along with his talent for making beautiful, dark, raging, bleak and godless music
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8.0
35224
8.0 |
Q
There is still hope and humour amid even the deepest gloom. Print edition only
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7.8
33505
7.8 |
Pitchfork
Oldham's music is deeply attuned to the past and to the people we imagine inhabited it, yet his actorly approach separates him from the mainstream Americana crowd
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7.5
33525
7.5 |
Bowlegs
Another fine collection of wavering folk and lonesome blues
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7.0
33536
7.0 |
Prefix
There's enough of Oldham's mix of pathos, wit, and confrontation to keep you picking out curious lyrics for a long time to come
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7.0
35255
7.0 |
PopMatters
There is a safety and surety in the performance, a blend of his familiar croak with his new-found warmth, rounded out in the right moments with help from friends
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7.0
33726
7.0 |
Clash
Definitely for the faint-hearted
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6.7
33390
6.7 |
A.V. Club
Wolfroy is emotionally stirring and softly jaunty
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6.0
33391
6.0 |
Spin
Song structures dissolve altogether on Wolfroy Goes to Town. Most of the record crawls by quietly, like a wary hunter
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6.0
33392
6.0 |
Scotland on Sunday
Wolfroy is too academic for its own good
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6.0
34479
6.0 |
Rave Magazine
With each song taking a leisurely pace, Wolfroy Goes To Town is a familiar collection of music that Bonnie Prince Billy fans will embrace, and while his lyrical content may have changed with age, his style is consistent
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5.4
33615
5.4 |
Beats Per Minute
Comes up short of being surprising, let alone, challenging. Its biggest problem is that, from start of finish, it feels strangely reserved
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