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The World is just a Shape to Fill the Night

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The World is just a Shape to Fill the Night

Stripped-down folk on the first release under his new guise from the former member of Dutchess & The Duke, Jesse Lortz

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6.2

Label
Sacred Bones
UK Release date
15/08/2011
US Release date
16/08/2011
  1. 8.1 |   Beats Per Minute

    The intriguing and strange point of the record though is the juxtaposition. Chords might stay in minor keys but the aforementioned vocal harmonies tend to be the thing that lifts the music out of the dark recesses of Lortz’s mind and, for the majority of the tracks here, create genuinely pleasing hooks
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  2. 7.5 |   A.V. Club

    The World isn’t as much fun as The Dutchess And The Duke ... but Lortz obviously has a thing or two about women to get off his chest, and he does it with quiet but intense desperation
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  3. 7.3 |   Pitchfork

    The textured and purposefully naturalistic production never feels like an affect; it's a fitting sonic reinforcement for the record's musings on detachment, distance and isolation
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  4. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    These are carefully crafted and beautiful songs, even if they feel too emotionally raw in spots
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  5. 7.0 |   Bowlegs

    Lortz has made a more than able start as Case Studies, using his influences and experience to create an engaging and humble record
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  6. 6.0 |   Under The Radar

    With Lortz’s new project, sans the Dutchess, the styling is more psychedelic folk
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  7. 3.0 |   No Ripcord

    Lortz relies too much on his consistently unremarkable songwriting; ultimately, it’s a forgettable record
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