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  • Summary: Folk, jazz, and psychedelic rock are just some of the influences seen on the latest album for the Brooklyn singer-songwriter that includes contributions from At The Drive-In's Ryan Sawyer, trumpeter Nate Wooley, and violinist Jessica Pavone.
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  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Mojo
    Apr 20, 2012
    80
    It's a downbeat party, but one with real atmosphere. [May 2012, p.88]
  2. Mar 26, 2012
    80
    Dispossession works as a whole, rather than a collection of songs.
  3. Beautifully recorded strings and piano occasionally break the intimidating, sustained reverie, and the stark, rolling drums of 'Prime' suggest that Wexler could take this somewhere far darker.
  4. Mar 21, 2012
    70
    Wexler honors the past, but far from staring into its sun, Dispossession feels like a trusty flashlight that can only point forward.
  5. Uncut
    Apr 6, 2012
    70
    Wexler delivers an alluring lugubrious set that views Fairport Convention, the Canterbury scene and Simon & Garfunkel through a glass darkly. [May 2012, p.84]
  6. Mar 22, 2012
    70
    It's just accomplished enough as an amalgam--not entirely groundbreaking but definitely enjoyable as a collective reworking of impulses, with Wexler and a variety of guest players creating an enjoyable little treasure in its own right.
  7. Q Magazine
    Apr 26, 2012
    40
    A frustratingly dull affair. [May 2012, p.109]

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  1. Mar 30, 2012
    6
    Lethargic. The one word that can successfully work to determine Mike Wexler's - "Dispossession". The seven songs contained on the disc juggleLethargic. The one word that can successfully work to determine Mike Wexler's - "Dispossession". The seven songs contained on the disc juggle through folk varieties - for ex. ones including jazz "Pariah", or ambient music "Spectrum". We find also some galactic "Liminal," or purely acoustic "The Trace". It is worth to see especially since it is a kind of innovation in this style. Expand