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6.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

  • Summary: The latest solo release for the singer-songwriter is his first on the Matador label.
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  • Record Label: Matador
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Pop/Rock, Guitar Virtuoso
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Ancient Jules
You were lost On the road from a different way Pushed too far Miles away Figure it out Jules would say Take your time, ease up, look around and waste... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Sep 12, 2016
    100
    He’s cut a broad range of material to date, everything from Delta blues to free jazz to blazing psychedelia. All that and more surfaces at various points on Eyes On the Lines, ultimately making the album a culmination and a celebration.
  2. Q Magazine
    May 26, 2016
    80
    Eyes On The Lines is the follow-up to his excellent 2014 album Way Out Weather and it finds Gunn rolling down the same never-ending dusty highway. [Jul 2016, p.108]
  3. Uncut
    May 26, 2016
    80
    It manages to top those two finely crafted albums [2013's Time Off and 2014's Way Out Weather]. It's more streamlined in its playing, more confident in its writing, more determined in its mission. [Jul 2016, p.72]
  4. Jun 2, 2016
    80
    Gunn’s voice is so mellow that the songs’ words fade into the background at times--but then the guitar is the frontman here. This could be your next roadtrip head-nodder.
  5. Jun 8, 2016
    80
    Gunn excels at unrushed, meditative songwriting, but this album also finds him giving stronger form to his dreamy creations.
  6. The Wire
    Jul 18, 2016
    80
    Extended periods of concentration can create a flow state in which work feels effortless, even meditative, and it's this state that Eyes On The Lines evokes. [Jun 2016, p.50]
  7. Jun 2, 2016
    70
    Eyes on the Lines functions as the ideal soundtrack to an afternoon spent getting lost.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. Dec 13, 2019
    9
    This is an album I keep returning to. Solid songwriting, great guitar playing and all-in-all one of my favourites from the last decade