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Modern Country

William Tyler

Modern Country

Third album of instrumental guitar compositions from the Nashville-based former member of Lambchop and Silver Jews

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7.9

Label
Merge
UK Release date
03/06/2016
US Release date
03/06/2016
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  1. 10.0 |   The Observer

    Americana too sublime for words
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  2. 8.0 |   The FT

    The effect mimics the long car journeys across the US that William Tyler has made as a touring musician, the inspiration for the Lambchop guitarist’s alluring solo album
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  3. 8.0 |   Pitchfork

    Even with all the talent in the room, Tyler’s guitar remains front and center
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  4. 8.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    The music on Modern Country is distinctly rural in flavor, accentuated by deep sliding guitars (“Albion Moonlight”), light side stick drumming (“Sunken Garden”), and plenty of Tyler’s unmistakable fingerstyle
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  5. 8.0 |   Spin

    It’s easy to get caught up in the disorienting, psychedelic drift of past becoming present. It’s even easier to just relax and float downstream
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  6. 8.0 |   Gig Soup

    William Tyler’s freewheelin’ lonesome traveller mystique channels the spirit of a lost America
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  7. 8.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    Taken together with his last outing, Impossible Truth, Modern Country shows that William Tyler has indeed arrived
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  8. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Virtuoso's journey from interstate to autobahn. Print edition only

  9. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    Tyler's profound understanding of his homeland makes Modern Country an incredibly memorable endeavour
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  10. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    An album that feels rich and rewarding, revealing new details on each listen
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  11. 8.0 |   All Music

    The sprawl of motion, texture, and color is reined in by immense, emotive lyricism and dynamic group interplay, making this musical "letter" to his vanishing nation well worth repeated listening
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  12. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Doubtless, it will all sound great in the car. Print edition only

  13. 7.5 |   Under The Radar

    Modern Country is the guitarist at both his most giving and lucid
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  14. 7.5 |   Beardfood

    A delicately masterful album
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  15. 6.0 |   Q

    An exquisitely warm, olde-worlde soup in which to bathe one's auditory senses. Print edition only

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