I'm New Here
Album • Feb 09 / 2010 • 15 songs, 28m 25s
Spoken Word
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The influential singer-songwriter returns after many years with a powerful album that mixes spoken word, folk, and blues over roughed-up sonics.
It’s a wallop filled with big nasty beats, a wide range of sonic atmospheres, and more -- sometimes unintentional -- autobiographical intimacy than we’ve heard from Gil Scott-Heron than ever before.
The spoken word survivor is back – and he's not how you remember him, says <strong>Steve Yates</strong>
I’m New Here is marked by non-adherence to traditional song structures and a short, 28-minute running time.
The poet-musician's first album in 16 years is blistering, redemptive stuff, says <strong>Dave Simpson</strong>