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A Shut-In's Prayer

Debut album of lo-fi idiosyncratic electronic songs under his new guise from Owen Ashworth, formerly of Casiotone For The Painfully Alone

ADM rating[?]: 7.2
Label: Tomlab
UK Release date: 21/05/2012
US Release date: 15/05/2012

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9.0 41789
9.0 | music OMH

Coupling the stark lyrical honesty with the understated beauty of the melodies and instrumentation produces an album that that will stay with you for a very long time indeed
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8.0 41792
8.0 | Beats Per Minute

A suitable introduction to one of the more interesting songwriters of our time
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8.0 44263
8.0 | Mojo

This is an album of interiors, the childhood memories and small epiphanies of stay-at-home dreamers. Print edition only
7.5 41930
7.5 | Prefix

Without sacrificing any of his detailed, anecdotal lyricism or thoughtful keyboard arrangements, Advanced Base managed to construct a record you can play over and over again without feeling so sorry for yourself
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7.4 41791
7.4 | Pitchfork

Easily the most wistful work he's committed to tape. Couched in the most immediate and affecting melodies of his career, many of the stories told on A Shut-In's Prayer look back at the past mainly to remember its contents
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7.0 44234
7.0 | PopMatters

This isn’t the sound of giving up, but rather the sound of pushing forward — for these characters and for Ashworth as a songwriter
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6.5 41790
6.5 | The Line Of Best Fit

As ever, it’s Ashworth’s evocative lyrics combined with his ear for simple, unelaborated melody that glues these lo-fi nursery rhymes together
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6.0 41793
6.0 | Bowlegs

I liked the DIY electronic records Ashworth produced as CFTPA. I just feel a little short-changed this time round
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