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Yankee Reality

Hush Arbors

Yankee Reality

Solo album from alt.folk singer-songwriter Keith Wood

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6.4

Label
Ecstatic Peace
UK Release date
12/10/2009
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  1. 8.0 |   Uncut

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  2. 8.0 |   Clash

    Wood has taken his ghostly acid-fried folk-rock and bolted both feral garage and a carnal jangle to this Exocet of ideas
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  3. 7.3 |   Pitchfork

    It's testament to what a fine pairing this is that they could pull off a tune like "Devil" and a tumbling rockabilly ballad like "Coming Home" with equal success
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  4. 6.0 |   Q

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  5. 6.0 |   Blurt

    ... pulls away, a bit, from the transcendent folk loveliness of last year's self-titled, quickens the pace and jacks up the country two-step under another set of very strong songs
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  6. 5.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Hush Arbors can be applauded for venturing off into unchartered territory, but on Yankee Reality he too often seems to have lost all sense of direction
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  • 2. Lisbon N/A
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  • 4. So They Say N/A
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