The uplifting dialectic between melancholy and big harmonies, between major and minor chords, between just a guy with a guitar sitting close to the mic late at night and a full band blasting away in the studio, is explored a lot on this record. But that is all unimportant in a the light of those great moments of sparking songwriting genius and the light of blessings all around, of which this record offers at least half a dozen. - Cracked

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