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"Ebert sounds much more relaxed, less affected here as a vocalist, settling into a pleasing, conversational tone that cheekily deflates the pomp inherent to his adopted persona (from "Dear Believer": "The world's gettin' heavy on my shoulders as a child/ But I let it all go to my waist"). But this evolution does come at the expense of his more feisty foil Jade Castrinos; where she served as the grounding influence to Ebert's unrestrained whimsy on Up From Below, on Here, her excitable solo turns on the honky-gospel hoedown "That's What's Up" and the histrionic southern-rock wailer "Fiya Wata" sound too in-your-face and out of place amid Here's laidback, sun-stroked vibe".

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"The album opens strongly, with the undeniably catchy pair of tunes "Man on Fire" and "That's What's Up," both rising to handclapping summits of old-fashioned Southern revival and jug band jubilation. The hooky choruses are solid, but there's a pretty heavy sense of musical theater throughout these highlights, leaving the Magnetic Zeros coming off more like Jesus Christ Superstar meets Emit Otter's Jug Band Christmas than the freak folk hoedown they were aiming for".

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