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Mar 8, 2019This is music to get lost in, for headphones, and for your head. Yorkston’s talents as a writer drive these songs (he has also released a memoir and a novel in recent years). Phrases leap out, some delicate, some devastating.
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Mar 6, 2019The Route To The Harmonium feels like a return to the warmth of some of his earlier outings--not that he’s exactly satisfied--with a more mature Yorkston having crafted perhaps the album of his career.
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Feb 25, 2019Yorkston's devotion to regionalism and his own self-mythology remains a central aspect of his presentation, and with this album, he offers another mesmerizing glimpse into that strange but increasingly familiar world.
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Feb 21, 2019Yorkston feels like a man who genuinely does this, not for fame or money or even to send a message, but simply as catharsis and because it means something to him. The Route to Harmonium is another chance for us to share that with him.
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Feb 19, 2019It's Yorkston's voice that will capture you. Whispered stories are nothing new in folk music, but there is something more compelling happening here, especially when the Scottish author breathes in tune down your ear over brushed drums or oscillating organs.
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MojoFeb 19, 2019Delicate, inventive and deeply, deeply touching. [Mar 2019, p.95]
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Q MagazineFeb 19, 2019Simultaneously earthy and ethereal, pieced together in the loft of his house in the village of Cellardyke and left to fly free. [Apr 2019, p.118]
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Feb 19, 2019It's surprising how solitary The Route to the Harmonium comes off--save for a few busy, spoken word tracks that seem to stick out like a sore thumb. But The Route to the Harmonium seems to be James Yorkston's attempt to precisely stick out amongst the crowded field of folksy singer songwriters, and he wears it (on his sleeve) very well.
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UncutFeb 19, 2019The spoken-word pieces court tweeness, but Yorkston's delivery keeps things the right side of mawkish. [Mar 2019, p.37]
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Feb 22, 2019No doubt, The Route to the Harmonium is an impressive artistic statement. Too often, and especially when compared with Yorkston's previous work, it is something less than enjoyable.