"The chugging shuffle and slow-grinding blues that dominate the record all channel narratives about the human condition, and though the archetypes they feature are familiar, they are no less compelling ... And what a band - the musical camaraderie between everyone in the studio is palpable ... his vocals are as confident as ever, and over the years he has settled comfortably into a second-position style on diatonic harmonica that, while not necessarily inventive, still packs an old-school punch with deep rhythms, thick octaves and the occasional high note blow bend".
