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This is Another Life

Case Studies

This is Another Life

Second solo album by former Dutchess and the Duke member Jesse Lortz

ADM rating[?]

6.3

Label
Sacred Bones
UK Release date
10/06/2013
US Release date
11/06/2013
  1. 8.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Lortz writes his love letters in wry, hyperbolical ballads, a Dylan acolyte if ever there was one
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  2. 7.0 |   All Music

    Case Studies add a ray of light to their shadowy folk sounds on their sophomore outing
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  3. 6.6 |   Beats Per Minute

    Make no mistake, Lortz is still downtrodden here, but musically and every so often in his lyrics, he sounds like he’s moving forward with his life. And with the album title stating this quite clearly, that is to be expected
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  4. 6.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    Beautifully ornate arrangements, but it basks in its own melancholy
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  5. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    Lortz can pick himself up and step into the light, removing his shackles for a journey, but both sides of the record are intertwined with a rustic rock sound
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  6. 5.6 |   Pitchfork

    Lortz's project finally crosses the line where "tasteful" shades into "inert"
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