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Palindrome Hunches

Neil Halstead

Palindrome Hunches

Third solo album of stripped-back folk from Reading-born singer-songwriter and former member of Slowdrive and Mojave 3

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7.0

Label
Sonic Cathedral
UK Release date
24/09/2012
US Release date
11/09/2012
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  1. 8.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    Halstead's songs and Euros Childs-like voice breathe the sort of honesty and goodness that's harder and harder to find in the iTunes age
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  2. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    As Halstead has learned to strip away the embellishment, the richness of his husky, melancholy voice and the quiet assuredness of his songwriting have only become more evident
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  3. 8.0 |   God Is In The TV

    A record that can fill your autumn and winter with glowing warmth, rustic pleasures and rounded, delicious tunes
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  4. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Another excellent addition to Halstead’s already impressive canon, an intimate collection of songs where as much is said by the pauses and silences as by the careful arrangements
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  5. 8.0 |   Q

    A quietly beautiful record. Print edition only

  6. 7.1 |   Pitchfork

    From the outset, Palindrome Hunches feels like the kind of hushed, close-gathered singalong that's been idealized in indie rock since the start of the millennium
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  7. 7.0 |   NME

    Whimsical, pleasant and calming, with shades of Damien Rice and Regina Spektor
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  8. 7.0 |   Uncut

    When your attention drifts you barely notice it's there. But when you do, it evokes a warm and evocative pleasure. Print edition only

  9. 7.0 |   All Music

    In the wrong hands, such a Spartan approach could end up boring, but in Halstead's case, it's completely transfixing and true
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  10. 6.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    These songs are gracefully played and pleasant, but— like water— they can grow drab and unsatisfying when consumed en masse
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  11. 6.0 |   Mojo

    An album that's about the song, an album that speaks to the listener. Print edition only

  12. 5.0 |   Blurt

    Halstead seems to have settled into midlife quite comfortably, but the rest of us are wishing it was a decade or so ago
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