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Big Wheel and Others

Cass McCombs

Big Wheel and Others

Album number seven from the American folk / indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist

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7.3

Label
Domino
UK Release date
14/10/2013
US Release date
15/10/2013
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  1. 10.0 |   Q

    Californian drifter delivers his masterpiece. Highly recommended. Print edition only

  2. 10.0 |   The List

    Let each track wash over you; grant it the time space to nestle in your mind and become part of your subconscious, and soon it will take shape as the impressionistic wonder it is
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  3. 9.2 |   Paste Magazine

    With Big Wheel and Others, McCombs further declares “solidarity with the poor and screwed,” walking in the shoes of those who don’t have a voice of their own
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  4. 9.0 |   The Fly

    What richly rewarding, flourishing, beautiful songs they are
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  5. 9.0 |   The Quietus

    It seems inappropriate to call this his best album. At least four records of his seven have claim to that mantle. Yet this is by far his most ambitious
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  6. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    Might take some time to get used to, but be patient – there’s gold here, there and pretty much everywhere
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  7. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    It’s a record to get lost in, and to find yourself in. And to put it as plainly as possible: it’s a record as emotionally and musically rewarding as anything Cass McCombs has ever released
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  8. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    At its best when McCombs just keeps it simple with himself and his acoustic guitar, while the moments where he overreaches are the longer pieces without the focus found elsewhere
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  9. 7.9 |   Pitchfork

    Appropriately for an album with such broad aims, Wheel itself is sprawling. With an 85-minute runtime, it covers most most of the musical themes and narrative fixations McCombs has drawn upon since his 2003 debut
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  10. 7.5 |   Under The Radar

    Big Wheel just keeps rolling along, a moody, ambitious collection touching on travel, impermanence, the soul, manhood, statehood, and then some
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  11. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    I’ve spent many hours with Big Wheel over the past week, and for me, it’s offered a wider range of delights than any of his past LPs
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  12. 7.0 |   Uncut

    A bit of editing might not have gone astray. Print edition only

  13. 7.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    Compared to McCombs’ output so far, it’s a record that exudes a quality from start to finish that will see his existing fan suitably pleased
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  14. 6.7 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    Despite the occasions when it falters, elsewhere it’s consistently good, and sporadically brilliant
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  15. 6.0 |   NME

    Turn it off halfway through and it’s brilliant
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  16. 6.0 |   All Music

    There's a lot to sift through, even for fans, and it might be difficult to keep focus through the entire sometimes befuddling set.
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  17. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    Another solid record from McCombs. There are moments that fall apart here, but the failing is never of this big, wandering kind of record
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  18. 6.0 |   Spin

    Gauche and often a test of patience, Big Wheel and Others won't be the breakthrough that McCombs desires
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  19. 4.0 |   Mojo

    Bloodless 22-track exploration of American song forms. Print edition only

  20. 4.0 |   DIY

    A distinct lack of quality control which handicaps what could have been a triumphant return
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