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- Summary: The first solo release for the Sebadoh frontman in six years was recorded in six days with Justin Pizzoferrato.
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- Record Label: Joyful Noise
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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| I miss you want you here in my arms in my hair To hold your neck and watch you break away But I'm not home itches I look for ways to fade In my mind... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Sep 8, 2015So Brace the Wave reveals that Lou Barlow hasn't changed all that much in the past quarter-century--he's just better at this stuff, and has finally grown more comfortable with it.
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Sep 4, 2015Brace The Wave isn’t exactly original or inventive, but what it lacks in innovation, it makes up for in emotional honesty.
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UncutSep 3, 2015[Brace The Wave] sounds like it was recorded in a toilet, with Barlow playing an adapted ukulele. The songs, though, are as good as anything he's done with Sebadoh or Folk Implosion. [Oct 2015, p.71]
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Nov 3, 2015This is a mostly unembellished, minimal collection of starkly maximal songs that (forgive me) suggests it might be Barlow's Nebraska.
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Q MagazineSep 3, 2015It acts as a skilled and timely reminder of his own uniquely vulnerable vision as a songwriter. [Oct 2015, p.102]
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Nov 6, 2015Across nine one-word titled songs, Barlow finds a kind of peace while dabbling in self-loathing, alongside domesticity and redemption.
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Sep 8, 2015This feels like an opportunity missed; his defences are never truly down, and we’re only offered tantalising glimpses of what might have been.
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