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Hearts Want
Acoustic guitar brings this number (and the set) into being. It's slow moving and folk styled. The vocals come in with a real country folk style. The cut has an intimate feeling to it. It's sparse with just the guitar and voice creating all the musical textures. It's very slow moving. |
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Get Up, Fed Up, Yup? Yep.
With the same basic layout in terms of acoustic guitar and voice, this has a bit more energy built into it. It's more of a folk rocker. The vocals still have a bit of that twang to them. I like this one better than the opener. |
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Holding Patterns
Slow moving and rather dramatic, this has plenty of roots folk music in the mix. The tune is a bit too repetitive, but it has some interesting melodies, and there is what sounds like a flute (but is probably keyboards) that comes up later along the road. I suppose a song called "Holding Patterns" should be a bit repetitive, though, right? |
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Dark
In a big change, keyboards bring this number into being. Those keyboards serve as the only backdrop for the moody, slow moving vocals. |
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How To Make A Home (Somebody To Call)
We're back in acoustic guitar and vocal zones with this energetic folk rocker. It has plenty of roots music built into it. |
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Morning's Coming
Not a big change, this is perhaps a bit more energized and dramatic. |
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I Want More
This is a very slow tune. It has a sparse guitar arrangement. The vocals are mournful. It has a lot of emotion and seems to end abruptly. |
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Making Changes
I like the hooks and energy of this number. It's one of the stronger pieces here, but there's not a huge difference to the arrangement. I'm not a big fan of the lyrics of this tune. |
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Ain’t Gonna Fight You (You Are Enough)
Another tune that has a bit more energy, this is an evocative one, too. The vocal delivery is one of the most impassioned. |
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Darker Still
The keyboards are back here, with a melody that seems similar to "Dark." The vocals are louder here. The song is much longer at almost ten-and-a-half-minutes long and a bit more intense, but largely similar to that other tune. I'd say that perhaps this could have been cut a bit shorter, although the variant sung movement later is a nice change-up and addition. |
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Bonus Track
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Dark (instrumental)
As you might guess, this number is the earlier track with the vocals removed. |
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