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Title: Great "Intentions" Delivers a Sensitive New Voice
Review: The first time I saw Fred Gillen Jr. play live, it was an impromptu two or three songs early in the wee hours at a club that had just closed down for the night. Fred was just playing for a few friends before everyone was ushered out into the cold. And that's probably the best way to describe "Intentions..." It's Fred playing personal, direct and honest and real, a memoir and a testament about growing up, waking up, and just starting to attach a larger meaning to the everyday moments of life. I think the thing I like best about this album is the way it chronicles a specific place and time in wonderfully evocative, concrete detail, but also manages to end up being about the far larger process of growing up in an America where things don't always turn out as expected, but where faith and hope and love can still make a difference. Intentions as big as the sky, indeed!
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