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Paste Magazine
Coming Home, however unintentionally, represents the spiritual cleansing and soulful healing we need right now. It’s the sound of an era where civil rights seemed so desperate, but progress also felt in reach
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Gig Soup
A fantastic introduction to gifted individual who is not afraid to show where his influences come from
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Exclaim
This is not just a nostalgia act; this is music from the heart, and the soul
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8.0
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PopMatters
Leon Bridges harkens back to that earlier era of rock history when quiet and sincere could be just as radical as its opposite
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8.0
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NOW
The understated arrangements allow us to really hear his voice, unadorned by excessive studio shaping
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The Irish Times
Bridges makes the art of writing infectious songs seem like the easiest thing in the world to do
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8.0
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Evening Standard
Bridges is a subtle soul man with a tender touch rather than a vocal powerhouse.
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8.0
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Clash
Bridges' sound is the pinnacle of a young artist transmitting a dated sound and bringing it straight into the 21st century
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8.0
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NME
Exists in a satin-swathed timewarp that takes you back 55 years
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8.0
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Uncut
A throwback album that's also blessed with modesty
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8.0
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Mojo
Refreshingly innocent, functioning as an ideal summer soundtrack. Print edition only
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8.0
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Q
The real deal, #nofilter. Print edition only
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7.5
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Consequence Of Sound
Studied and nostalgic, but also immediate and emotionally true
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7.0
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7.0 |
Spin
It’s completely possible, even probable, that as he grows as an artist, he’ll grow more comfortable in his resurrected genre that nonetheless already comes very easily to him
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7.0
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Pitchfork
Bridges is just starting out and there are enough signs on Coming Home that he's only going to get better
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7.0
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Rolling Stone
His smooth, Sam Cooke-esque croon makes Coming Home the best kind of nostalgia trip
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7.0
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The Music
For a debut, it’s remarkably consistent, but so much so, it occasionally translates into tedium
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6.7
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6.7 |
Pretty Much Amazing
The album is one giant, immaculate anachronism, unimpeachable, but rarely brave
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Guardian
Bridges has a fantastic voice, but you sense he’s also yet to truly find it
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6.0
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6.0 |
DIY
This debut sets a nice, if mostly safe, blueprint - if he opts to take more risks next time round, we’ll have a unique talent on our hands
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6.0
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6.0 |
All Music
It's all a pleasing time warp without turbulence, one with songs built more to evoke the past than to last in one's memory
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5.0
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5.0 |
Spectrum Culture
In 2015, is there any need to approximate the sound and style of early ‘60s soul?
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