Blue banisters
Lana Del Rey
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Reviews (2)
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2021 September
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Rob Hughes
2021 September
"A rich, impassioned set of songs that essay a global nation in flux ... These sentiments reach their most powerful expression on Living In The USA, which addresses a homeland built on spurious notions of freedom, choking on fossil fuels and offering up the rule of law to the highest bidder ... Yet Electro Melodier is finely weighted between anguish and hope ... Stylistically, in keeping with recent works, the album aims for the spot where folk, blues and country converge. Farrar's acoustic guitar is an unwavering presence, though multi-instrumentalist Mark Spencer (on slide, lap steel and organ) provides much of the texture and shade ... Against a backdrop of disquiet, Electro Melodier is ultimately mindful of counting life's blessings, "friends to care for and places to be"".
Folk radio UK
d. 26. July 2021
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Danny Neill
d. 26. July 2021
"With their last release, 'Union' in 2019, Son Volt looked like a band that had settled into a satisfying new, folk-inspired groove. Whilst still very much a vehicle for the song writing of Jay Farrar, it was audible how the development of a tight-knit band of musicians was cementing this unit in a way unlike before. Two years and one worldwide pandemic later, and that process is still going from strength to strength ... This third act in the third decade of the Son Volt band is emerging as the most musically satisfying and consistently attention-grabbing era".