Buy Now
| Buy on |
|
- Critic score
- Publication
- By date
-
Jan 19, 2017In short, Trials more or less achieves the goals the band set with Fear.
-
Jan 6, 2017In its tales of life in mountain towns, of love declared and not returned, of hard decisions made, it has an honesty and a sense of wildness and isolation. It’s all quite beautiful.
-
Jan 25, 2017Overall a tweaked follow-up that's likely to bring along existing fans, Trials & Truths is like a puffy chair with a window view; it doesn't demand attention but offers thoughtful escape.
-
Jan 20, 2017At times the new record sounds utterly sublime, particularly on a sweeping opening trio of lead single ‘Another Youth’, ‘Difference’, and the career-highlight drive of ‘Drowsy’, and though there’s the occasional hint of MOR, for the most part the group stay well clear of being ordinary.
-
UncutJan 6, 2017Overall, a triumph of assurance and tenderness. [Feb 2017, p.28]
-
MojoJan 6, 2017Trials & truths is a diffuse experience. [Feb 2017, p.94]
-
Q MagazineJan 6, 2017There's nothing fatally wrong with Trails & Truths--and fans of bearded cosmic Americana will find much right with it. What Horse Thief really need to rustle up, though, is their own distinct identity. [Feb 2017, p.115]
-
Mar 15, 2017Neal restrains throughout, even on the aggressive moments of "Evil's Rising" and poppy stutter of "Difference," but closing triptych "Mountain Town," "Million Dollars," and "Sante Fe" lulls with folksy ballads and harmonies that drop any earned momentum.
-
Jan 26, 2017All five members of the band do cool things in various moments on the album. And they have the basics of their genre down pat. But their songwriting needs some work if they ever want to progress from playing in bars for the patrons to playing in clubs for audiences that came out just to see them.
-
Jan 26, 2017At a time when artists such as William Tyler are driving Americana into fascinating and strange territory, this is too timid by half.