Word: yorkstonã
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Listening to James Yorkston??s debut album Moving Up Country, it’s impossible not to think of his sleepy Scottish hometown. Amid the tranquil guitar strumming and naively religious lyrics (sounding like James Taylor’s take on gospel), the melodies have an unmistakable Celtic twang that imbues the album with much-needed hints of something fresh...
...spite of this, the music never sounds like trendy world music; the instruments themselves are so raw and poorly incorporated that the end result is a welcome departure from blandness. In comparison, Yorkston??s lyrics are unmemorable. Though hokey lines like “I’m sure we’ve got Sweet Jesus on our side” are regrettable, they’re so slurred that they’re easily ignored...
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