Album Rating: 4.5

shit, so this is excellent

Album Rating: 4.0

Glad you dig it!

This album is amazing, but I like his debut EP Family even better. It almost has a Elliott
Smith air to it.

"ull of loss and uncertainty, heartache and sacrifice, asking questions we'd rather not know the answers to."
This sounds right up my alley

Good writeup man.

I checked the title track, but it didn't grab me tbh. Musically, it's way too clean and his voice doesn't sound sincere to me. The lyrics are pretty good though.

Album Rating: 4.0

Check out "Fire" off his Family EP. Might get you hooked.

Will do.

On a sidenote, I'm not sure I agree with your last sentence:

Because after all, isn't the way a storyteller tells his tale less important than the tale itself?

Album Rating: 4.0

Good criticism! I think the sentence is largely true in folk, but you make a great point about music as a whole not necessarily following that. I didn't think about lyrics sung sarcastically or music that purposefully blurs its meaning. I think those cases are generally outliers though.

this album is beautiful. nice review!

Album Rating: 4.0

thanks!

Album Rating: 4.5

Wonderful review, thanks for putting me onto this incredible record!

Album Rating: 4.5

Thanks for the review. Saw him last night in Denver, one of the best shows I've seen

Album Rating: 4.0

No problem! Glad you liked it!

Album Rating: 4.5

Cigarettes is something else

Friends and I covered Poor Man's Son this afternoon. It's a gorgeous, gorgeous song... hope this does it justice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFsriVPT73w

Album is one of my favourites this year.

Album Rating: 4.0

^Excited to check out your cover later on after work, Caleb. Thanks for sharing.

Album Rating: 4.5

great cover caleb

cheers. it's one of the those songs you desperately wish that you wrote yourself

Album Rating: 4.0

I need this on vinyl.

Album Rating: 4.5

One of the best folk music artists of the decade in my book. Can’t wait for his new album!