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Nashville Obsolete

Dave Rawlings Machine

Nashville Obsolete

The second album from Rawlings' group, recorded to analogue tape in Nashville, TN

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7.5

Label
Acony Records
UK Release date
18/09/2015
US Release date
18/09/2015
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  1. 9.0 |   Exclaim

    Loveliness front to back, songs about rootlessness and travel, the tension between being tied down and feeling free
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  2. 9.0 |   PopMatters

    Supreme musicianship cuts through a production job that is neither minimal nor ornate
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  3. 8.0 |   The Music

    Americana dream team of Dave Rawlings and Gillian Welch return and usher us back to a bygone era
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  4. 8.0 |   The Observer

    The playing is, predictably, classy, but mostly it’s an album of surprises; it’s Dave’s porch and he’ll play what he chooses
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  5. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Extraordinary guitar solos, fused vocal harmonies, sprightly old-time and brooding folk. Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   Uncut

    A rare and persuasive ability to tap into the ageless myths of true American folk. Print edition only

  7. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    Welch co-writes and sings harmony and though Rawlings’ voice is hugely expressive, she is missed
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  8. 8.0 |   FasterLouder

    The production and the music takes various turns that have not been heard from them before with strings used to make the sound fuller and adding a ’70s feel to the record
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  9. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Offers something of great merit to those lucky enough to see some of the live shows
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  10. 4.0 |   The FT

    Atmospheric but oddly uninvolving
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