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8.3
88943
8.3 |
A.V. Club
It’s the kind of record that will appease Owen fans, but it’s lush enough—and inspired enough—to suggest that Owen is perhaps the best it’s ever been
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8.0
88906
8.0 |
The Music
The King Of Whys traverses a well worn path of reflective angst and love, but Kinsella proves himself as good as any in walking it
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8.0
88911
8.0 |
The Skinny
Warmly mature yet never dull, this is a rare treat
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8.0
88912
8.0 |
Exclaim
As he gets older, Kinsella is looking deeper inward while venturing further outward — a wonderful and promising blueprint that suggests Owen will age finely
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7.5
88913
7.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
The production values feel higher than they ever have
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7.5
88914
7.5 |
Consequence Of Sound
A lush, affecting album that probes life’s complexities only to arrive at more questions
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7.5
89018
7.5 |
Spectrum Culture
Has all the pain and sadness one has come to expect from Owen
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7.2
88989
7.2 |
Pitchfork
This is Kinsella’s most extreme Owen album yet, the most bitter, the funniest, the saddest, and the most ambitious
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7.0
89144
7.0 |
Clash
Instrumentally, the album maintains the similar Owen tropes we’ve come to love and expect
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7.0
88921
7.0 |
No Ripcord
One of the strongest albums in Kinsella’s vast discography; the home truths may not make it an enjoyable listen, but it’s definitely worthwhile
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7.0
88908
7.0 |
All Music
An affecting and worthwhile effort from an artist who's as reliably tuneful as candid
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7.0
88910
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
As he approaches middle-age, may well have struck a formula that propels his Owen project into the stratosphere of other highly regarded midwest-American contemporaries Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens or Tallest Man on Earth
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6.0
88907
6.0 |
DIY
Confident - if slightly unadventurous
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4.0
88905
4.0 |
Loud And Quiet
The ex-American Football man is a courageous artist but the music here is nothing to get excited about
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