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Single Mothers

Justin Townes Earle

Single Mothers

Album number six from the Nashville-based Americana singer-songwriter and son of Steve Earle

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7.1

Label
Vagrant
UK Release date
09/09/2014
US Release date
09/09/2014
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  1. 8.9 |   Paste Magazine

    While the familiar ache still haunts Single Mothers, Earle treats it with new wisdom, choosing instead to ramble forward, rather than perseverate and drift waywardly back
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  2. 8.0 |   All Music

    As a singer and lyricist Earle grows with each album; there are more than a few moments of brilliance on this set if you don't mind sharing a rough and lonesome road with Earle for a while
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  3. 8.0 |   The Music

    No longer just his father’s son, Earle now casts a substantial shadow himself over the fertile Americana landscape
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  4. 8.0 |   Q

    It's been a rocky road but maybe he's finally home. Print edition only

  5. 7.5 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Densely packed with resonant, lovely, and perceptive Americana
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  6. 7.5 |   A.V. Club

    Earle has succeeded in carving out the root of his own musical legacy, mostly free of the shadow of his father’s fame
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  7. 7.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Single Mothers is at its best when it's at its most deliberately spare
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  8. 7.0 |   Uncut

    Earle finds a surprisingly comfortable seat on the wagon. Print edition only

  9. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    What we’re seeing here with Justin Townes Earle is an artist finding his sound, not an artist who’s simply trying to find a way to stay relevant
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  10. 6.8 |   Earbuddy

    The highs aren’t as high as they used to be, and the lows are never devastating, but Justin Townes Earle has never sounded so happy or so comfortable
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  11. 6.0 |   Mojo

    A telling portion of autobiographical, Nashville-flavoured Americana. Print edition only

  12. 6.0 |   Rolling Stone

    It suggests a life where songs are the only painkillers that still work
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