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10.0
96820
10.0 |
The Skinny
More candid but just as magical, City Music is another magnificent record from Morby
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9.5
96821
9.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Morby has compiled another outstanding selection of songs; a breadth of material ranging from slow, bluesy ballads to tasty surfer rock and mellow, folk-infused numbers
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8.7
96819
8.7 |
Gig Soup
A work of breathtaking execution; confident, stylish and crafted with a canny eye for detail
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8.3
96901
8.3 |
A.V. Club
There’s a lot of musical shape-shifting on City Music, but the varied approach helps capture the gritty, up-and-down nature of a place that never sleeps
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8.1
97045
8.1 |
Pitchfork
It possesses an elegant, dusky atmosphere and Morby’s hopelessly optimistic songwriting is the best it has ever been
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8.0
96909
8.0 |
NME
A brutally honest portrait of modern urban life
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8.0
96948
8.0 |
DIY
An enlightening, emboldening adventure
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8.0
96996
8.0 |
Exclaim
City Music feels like Morby's homage to the Lou Reed and the Velvets, with its fullness, warmth and distortion, its elemental, sometimes rudimentary rock and its street jamming
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8.0
96822
8.0 |
Q
Maps a landscape of uncertainty and wonder. Print edition only
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7.7
96848
7.7 |
Paste Magazine
City Music doesn’t hustle and bustle. But it won’t let you miss it, either
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7.0
96817
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
It’s clear that after a year on the road with the same musicians he’s back into thinking in band mode and how songs will best be served by a four piece line-up
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7.0
96818
7.0 |
Under The Radar
If last year's Singing Saw had the pace and feel of going down river, City Music has that of heading down the avenue
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7.0
97010
7.0 |
musicOMH
It’s almost inevitable that an urban record made by an American rock classicist – especially one who moved to New York as a teenager like Morby did – will evoke Lou Reed
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7.0
97099
7.0 |
American Songwriter
While City Music certainly doesn’t surpass Singing Saw, it’s a hell of a lot of fun to hear Morby take a walk on the wild side
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7.0
97198
7.0 |
Earbuddy
This album’s quaint atmosphere will, at its best, only conjure up ghosts of great artists
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6.7
96917
6.7 |
Consequence Of Sound
An ambitious homage that sometimes tries to juggle too many ideas at once
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6.0
96823
6.0 |
Mojo
If this is about cities, it’s cities glimpsed in poetic, fragmentary dreams. Print edition only
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5.0
97022
5.0 |
The 405
It’s heartening to see an artist have so much faith in their ability to bang out a high quality product whenever they sit down to record. In this case, the confidence is misplaced
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