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Eine gekonnt reduziert und laidback dahinrumpelnde Backing-Band, u.a. mit Chuck Prophet und Bonnie Raitt-Sideman George Marinelli an weiteren Gitarren, ein schluffriger Storyteller, der wie Petty & Konsorten die Lippen nur so weit als nötig auseinander bewegt – Platten wie diese mag es vielleicht viele geben; wenn aber jenes Quentchen Magie einen echten Charakter trifft, dann macht der sattsam beackerte, all-americanische Zutaten-Fundus sofort hörbar Sinn. "Coulda Shoulda Woulda" mag gelassen, in schläfrigem Country-Funk auf verpasste Gelegenheiten zurückblinzeln; bis auf den zumindest als Schlusspunkt etwas eintönigen Rocker "Happy Town" lässt der Peter Case-Sidekick hier keine aus, um sich Entdeckungswilligen nachdrücklich zu empfehlen. Besonders hell strahlt das Midtempo- bis balladeske Schleicher-Dreigestirn "Prodigal Daughter", "Spread My Soul Too Thin" und "Beyond Beautiful" im Herzen einer definitiv köstlichen Scheibe.
- Der Schallplattenmann (www.schallplattenmann.de)

This is Duane Jarvis' fourth album as a frontman (not counting the live Combo Platter) and his second for the well-regarded Slewfoot imprint, a label that specializes in borderline uncategorizable roots rock singer/songwriters. That's a non-description that fits Jarvis' music pretty well. His sound is strictly old-school, his tempos generally languid to sludgy, his voice gritty and laconic. The songs tend to be wry, but not bitter; on numbers like "Prodigal Daughter" and "Come Back Again" he sings about forgiveness — though, granted, forgiveness of two very different kinds. On "Can't Build a Better Love" and the title track he sings about the kind of love that grows over time as the result of long-term fidelity and devotion. But it's not all comfortable domestic satisfaction on this album: the Tex-Mex-flavored "I Miss You Already" is pure romantic regret, and in the ironic "Happy Town" he finds the symbol of a schizophrenic city in a jukebox that alternates between the Rolling Stones and the Count Five. A few of his moves seem a bit mannered and obvious, like the roadhouse piano and resonator guitar on "Come Back Again" and the shuffling, enervated tempo on "Lower Than Lonely." But take the album together as a whole and you'll likely find it very satisfying. Recommended.
- All Music Guide (www.allmusic.com)

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