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10.0
74429
10.0 |
God Is In The TV
A vital, vivid, veracious victory that will crush you like a boa constrictor until it releases you from its cheeky grasp and tickles your tummy instead
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9.0
74548
9.0 |
Uncut
Primrose Green is disorientating, casting new light on modes you thought you knew well
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9.0
74664
9.0 |
PopMatters
A headphone trip for the ages, Primrose Green is a diaphanous tapestry that envelopes our collective musical history
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8.4
74572
8.4 |
Paste Magazine
Whether displaying his loyalty to his muse’s roots, or gnashing his teeth at the right to snub traditions (or again, to attempt at creating new ones), Ryley Walker’s talents are enormous
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8.3
74428
8.3 |
Consequence Of Sound
He doesn’t care if you even remember his name. For Walker, it’s about breathing life back into ’60s folk until it bursts with springtime charm
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8.0
74549
8.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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8.0
74550
8.0 |
Q
This is one head cocktail that leaves no pain after it hits. Print edition only
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8.0
74483
8.0 |
DIY
The Chicagoan has created such a relatable record by defining the struggle of identity through his experimental and broad songwriting
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8.0
74529
8.0 |
All Music
With its ready absorption of, homage to, and engagement with the past, Walker's skills as a guitarist and arranger make Primrose Green as musically compelling as it is willfully indulgent
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8.0
74547
8.0 |
The Guardian
Derivative as it is, there’s beauty here, and something admirable in Walker’s insistence on so closely cleaving to his chosen path
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8.0
74430
8.0 |
NME
He’s only in his mid-twenties, but he has an uncanny feel for the triangulation of folk, jazz and blues that came from the fleet fingers of Bert Jansch and John Fahey back in the ’60s
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8.0
74426
8.0 |
musicOMH
Primrose Green may not be the most original of statements, but it definitely amounts to more than the sum of its parts and there is the lingering impression that Walker is only just getting started
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8.0
74427
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Had Primrose Green been recorded in the era it's influenced by, it could well be among the records Ryley Walker would now be drawing inspiration from; high praise indeed
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7.5
76468
7.5 |
Under The Radar
Walker never betrays the earthy open-heartedness that's wholly his own
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6.2
74466
6.2 |
Pitchfork
The shape of Walker’s voice and the twists and turns of his band reanimate a specific aesthetic without adding much more than the tools of modern production
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