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8.0
73025
8.0 |
The Skinny
A bruised catalogue of trouble man meanderings, Heavy Love is soulful, eloquent and deeply affecting
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8.0
73026
8.0 |
The Guardian
The second half of the record sees him abandon the more accessible melodies for a sprawling, stripped-back sound that can be just as foreboding as track titles such as Hawaiian Death Song suggest
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8.0
73028
8.0 |
The Observer
Recorded in the California desert with Lanegan and Queens of the Stone Age producer Alain Johannes on the mix; there is a new and penetrating heat haze to these reverberating songs
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8.0
73029
8.0 |
Uncut
It takes a lot of effort to make something so gloriously effortless
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8.0
73031
8.0 |
All Music
It is easily the most confident, fully realized album in his catalog to date
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8.0
73053
8.0 |
Mojo
His wolfish voice forever seeking a destination just beyond the dusty horizon. Print edition only
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8.0
73252
8.0 |
The 405
This music has an antique heart and, instead of having lots of modern crap plastered on top of it, it has been lovingly restored
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7.0
73024
7.0 |
The Quietus
Garwood has created not so much an album as a sonic dream. While you're in it, it's visceral and poignant, but once you're awake it's hard to recall the details
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6.0
73482
6.0 |
musicOMH
Heavy Love is a fine, if ultimately inessential, summation of what Garwood does best
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6.0
73069
6.0 |
PopMatters
Heavy Love isn’t the emotional grab bag that the title suggests, but regardless, it’s an affecting effort that leaves a lingering impression
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6.0
73030
6.0 |
Q
Smokey southern gothic blues. Print edition only
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6.0
73027
6.0 |
The Music
Sees him drift between the light and (mostly) dark parts of the soul, quiet and haunting but again worthy of attention
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