Simple Songs

AlbumMay 19 / 20158 songs, 37m 37s96%
Chamber Pop Singer-Songwriter
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There ARE no simple songs — only simple people. And since guns don't kill people, "Simple Songs" will have to do. Super-sweet terrorism from our very own latter-day Spector!

8.6 / 10

Jim O'Rourke's first solo album on Drag City in six years finds his brilliant ear for arrangement and love of dark humor intact.

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O'Rourke delivers the ultimate example of meta-pop, and whatever that is, it's excellent.

8.0 / 10

Chicago musician Jim O’Rourke has a deep and varied catalog, from avant-garde composition, experimental jazz to indie-rock…

8 / 10

Long and mostly associated with avant-garde musical experimentation, Jim O'Rourke hasn't released a rock-songs-with-lyrics-and-singing-based...