Rough Travel For A Rare Thing

Bill Callahan

Rough Travel For A Rare Thing

Live album from onetime Smog with majority of songs from that period

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Drag City
UK Release date
05/04/2010
  1. 8.3 |   Pitchfork

    They are in a small club in Australia, and Callahan is drawing from a catalog of songs any songwriter would envy. Turned out to be a good night
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  2. 8.0 |   Uncut

    The beauty here is rougher, meaner, darker. At times it’s as emotionally intense as anything he has done. At others it’s almost throwaway
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  3. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    The sparser compositions that allow space for Callahan’s voice to take centre stage shine here
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  4. 7.0 |   The Observer

    Cold-blooded old songs such as "Held" and "Bathysphere" take on unprecedented swing and musicality, thanks to a hot-blooded band and his own baritone
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  5. 6.0 |   The Quietus

    It all remains a little underwhelming, though significantly it's also honest, a quality Callahan has never flinched from
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