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Longtime Companion

Sonny & The Sunsets

Longtime Companion

Latest offering from Sonny Smith and his San Francisco band, eschewing their usual psychedelic / garage pop sound for a country feel

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6.8

Label
Polyvinyl
UK Release date
25/06/2012
US Release date
26/06/2012
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  1. 8.3 |   A.V. Club

    Companion might have been born of a failed relationship, but it’s hard not to imagine Smith’s new look is anything but a rejuvenation
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  2. 8.0 |   Spin

    Laced with rueful humor, Sonny Smith’s low-key garage rock takes charming country detour
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  3. 7.5 |   Paste Magazine

    Longtime Companion is ostensibly a country album, but it’s a testament to Smith’s singularity that it mostly just sounds like a Sonny Smith album
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  4. 7.5 |   Prefix

    Curveballs like the woozy keyboards on the rambling allegory “Year of the Cock” or flutes on “Pretend That You Care” add some spacey variation to an album that could’ve sunk beneath the weight
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  5. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    While Longtime Companion may suffer from infrequent changes in pace and tone, Smith’s archetypal broken heart is articulated kaleidoscopically, and with the authenticity of a grizzled highwayman
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  6. 6.5 |   Pitchfork

    The record's easygoing pace, sturdy songwriting, and sunbaked production make it the third solid effort from the Sunsets. Still, it's the least of the three, retreating from Smith's stellar story-songs for an album that seems somewhat reluctant to tell its own tale
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  7. 6.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    It’s not quite attention-grabbing enough; there’s a feeling that Smith is holding a little bit back in his attempt at making a genre record
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  8. 6.0 |   All Music

    Though this change of genre may initially throw Sonny & the Sunsets fans for a loop, it's ultimately a fitting platform for his brokenhearted reflections
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