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Kids In The Street

Justin Townes Earle

Kids In The Street

Album number eight from the Nashville-based Americana singer-songwriter

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7.0

Label
New West
UK Release date
26/05/2017
US Release date
26/05/2017
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  1. 8.7 |   Paste Magazine

    Delivers an update on roots music that fairly glows
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  2. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Sounds joyous, reflective, nostalgic and even grateful in places, with an upbeat swagger that comes from knowing you're making the album of your life. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Marriage and impending fatherhood bring both focus and exuberance. Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   All Music

    Among his very best work to date
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  5. 8.0 |   The Music

    Growing up has never sounded so alluring
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  6. 8.0 |   American Songwriter

    It helps that the firm hand of producer Mike Mogis, known for his work with Bright Eyes, is on the tiller, and it also helps that Earle has written such a strong batch of songs
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  7. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    Songs like these sound somehow age-old and of the moment, deft and heartwarming enough to make us forget all about the debauchery, the comparisons to his father and peers and the lacklustre recent releases
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  8. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    Earle still hasn’t lost his way with downbeat ballads or the songwriting tradition as powerful renditions of both “Same Old Stagolee” and “If I Was the Devil” both attest, but in all, this album shines a bit brighter in mood and tone than his other more recent releases
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  9. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    J.T. Earle's latest teams him with Omaha indie-rock don Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes) for his rangiest set yet
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  10. 6.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    He takes risks, some of which work and others that are commendable even if he doesn’t hit the mark
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  11. 6.0 |   The Observer

    Best of all is the title track, a moving reflection on the gentrification of the Nashville neighbourhood in which he grew up
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  12. 6.0 |   Q

    His old man Steve must be proud. Print edition only

  13. 4.0 |   State

    We live in dangerous times and sometimes the music we consume needs a bit of bite. It needs to make us think. Kids in the Stree, while a professional and able effort, is an album that says very little
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