Heartmind

Over the course of two decades, Cass McCombs has taken great pains to elude easy narratives and easy analysis—the California-born singer-songwriter doesn’t like to stay in one place for too long. On *Heartmind*, his 10th studio LP, McCombs remains true to form, expertly slipping between double-knotted rock (“Music Is Blue”), rootsy epics (“Unproud Warrior,” featuring vocals from Wynonna Judd), Latin psych (“Krakatau”), gentle free jazz (the haunting closer), and iridescent power-pop (“Karaoke,” one of his best tunes to date). All of it sounds like him and him alone.

Across a casually sublime album, Cass McCombs is at his most confident and intentional, constantly returning to the imagery of music and the casualties of a life devoted to making and sharing art.

Ultimately consisting of earnest and deeply felt songs, on Heartmind Cass McCombs still manages to balance the distorted reality of questioning the obvious

Cass McCombs honed his craft years ago, but still has the ability to surprise on his tenth album.

Following the acclaimed 2019 epic Tip of the Sphere, Cass McCombs returns here with a more succinct, though no less genre-bending effort across the eight tracks of Heartmind.

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Heartmind by Cass McCombs Album Review by Greg Walker. The singer/songwriter's full-length drops on August 19 via ANTI- Records and DSPs

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