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- Summary: The third full-length release for the Alabama-born sculptor-turned-singer features contributions from Sam Gendel, Laraaji, Nelson Patton, and Richard Swift.
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- Record Label: Jagjaguwar
- Genre(s): Experimental
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Sep 21, 2018The musical spaciness only enhances his already-considerable dignity and the gravitas of his songwriting, making Mith a powerful, prophetic collection.
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UncutSep 21, 2018It's the low-key moments--the astral jazz of "There Was Always Water;" the clunky, piano-led "Back For Me;" the dubby "How Far Is Spaced-Out?"--that hit home emotionally. [Nov 2018, p.30]
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Sep 21, 2018MITH is the most powerful album yet from a truly inspirational artist who deserves to be acknowledged as a national treasure.
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Q MagazineSep 25, 2018His voice is the one constant, a symbol of defiance against overwhelming forces. [Nov 2018, p.109]
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Oct 15, 2018MITH is an insightful record, one that gives its listener pause and feels like a valuable artefact of our time.
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Sep 27, 2018Holley does with music what he’s done with visual art for decades: He collects our ugliest obscured objects and transforms them into singular reflections on our troubled world.
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Sep 24, 2018Although neophytes might struggle with Holley’s shruggy attitude to tunefulness--his free-ranging sound recalls, at different times, Tom Waits, Gil Scott-Heron or RL Burnside--a coterie of associates help to flesh out Holley’s non-linear storytelling into something more conventionally accomplished.
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