Notes of Blue

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AlbumFeb 17 / 201710 songs, 30m 33s
Alt-Country
Popular
7 / 10

This is what Jay Farrar's always been about: folk tales strung out over the sounds of the past like pylon wires.

Also Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, Mind Over Mirrors, and Otis Taylor​

7 / 10

Like many of music's celebrated, prolific songwriting talents, there is a restlessness that bubbles at the centre of St. Louis alt-country m...

7.0 / 10

From the first moment of the achingly beautiful opener "Promise the World" we capitulate, our minds recalling some of the first moments we heard Anodyne from Son Volt precursor Uncle Tupelo.

Notes of Blue is Son Volt’s most direct, concise, and uptempo music in years.

8 / 10