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Title: Simply boring
Review: I picked this one up after reading some glowing reviews on Pitchfork and Amazon. Well, it just goes to show you that Pitchfork can't always be trusted...this music is simply boring, folky music that puts me into a coma every time I try and listen to it in it's entirety. I'll admit that he has a gorgeous, rich voice, but the production is so lo-fi that I can barely make out half of the material, and the music itself is dull and monotnous. All I could think of listening to him was that he sounded like Jack Johnson, which is NOT a compliment, sitting in some liberal arts college quad strumming mediocre folk songs about peace and love on his guitar. I cannot for the life of me understand why this album is praised so highly. Too bad...I was really looking foward to hearing it the first time around.
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