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Title: I don't get it.
Review: What is the deal with this guy? Everybody fawns over him like he was the second comming or something. All I hear is some guy singing wispily over hushed atmospheric accompaniment. Okay, there are some fairly standard wispy pop horns here too. But I dunno - mixing Americana, over-erudite lyricism and early 90's twee just doesn't seem that groundbreaking to me. This record is pleasant in it's own dull little way, but these reviews seem like a sort of collective psychosis. I will admit that this is one of the greatest album TITLES in years, but the music just isn't.I don't see what Sufjan does here that's any better than stuff groups like Belle and Sebastian, Willard Grant Conspiracy, and Trembling Blue Stars were putting out 10 years ago. Enough mopey singer-songwriters already. I'm calling for a moratorium on anyone who sounds even a little bit like Nick Drake. Who's with me??Paging Merle Haggard. Beatdown needed in aisle 3.
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