Ive always found it easier to write about whats gone wrong on an album than try to pinpoint whats gone right. So, imagine my chagrin when Joe Henry, the idiosyncratic musician perhaps best known for his work with the Jayhawks, delivers his latest offering, on which (oh horror of horrors!) I like every single track.
You read that right.
I enjoyed
Civilians from beginning to end, from the moody swing of the opening title track (life is short, but by the grace of god, the night is long) to the echo-drenched loveliness of the last, God Only Knows. Needless to say, this doesnt happen often.
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Claire Orpeza