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Tracklist
- 1A 1000 Times4:08
- 2Sick as a Dog4:33
- 3Rough Going (I Won’t Let Up)4:16
- 4In a Black Out3:17
- 5Peaceful Morning4:04
- 6When the Truth Is…4:16
- 7You Ain’t That Young Kid5:04
- 8The Bride’s Dad2:24
- 9The Morning Stars3:45
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Reviews
Rated 4/10
Indie Americana with the singer from Walkmen doing a pretty good Dylan impression over warm alt country arrangements (the organ especially gives it a great vintage The Band feel while also being the most direct sonic reference to the Walkmen). It’s shaggy and loose, lived in, earnest and personal feeling albeit pretty par for the course for folksy stomp-clap adjacent rock.
Rated 8/10
I was put off by the first track, which I thought was a little weak, but it got better. I liked "In a Blackout" a lot.
Rated 4/10
Rostam really should've stuck with Vampire Weekend. Nothing he's done since has come remotely close to his work with them, and same on their end. This album is perfectly fine but just doesn't really hit me at all.
Rated 8/10
Sounds like if Bob Dylan got into modern indie folk. It's like Dylan mixed with The Lumineers.
Favourite songs: Rough Going (I Won't Let Up), In a Black Out, You Ain't That Young Kid, When the Truth Is..., A 1000 Times, Sick as a Dog
Least favourite songs: The Morning Stars, 1959
4/5
Rated 8/10
Well this was pleasant. Not too much more to say, but you can certainly hear the Vampire Weekend-ness of it all.
Rated 8/10
A surprisingly good album at the time, this one holds up pretty well. HL has such cool voice with a ton of range. Would have loved to see these two team up again. 4/5
Rated 6/10
I found this a bit annoying to start with, and it felt wholly predictable, and then I didn't pay attention to the rest at all, but not in a bad way.
Rated 2/10
irrelevant to pretty much everything and everyone
Rated 5/10
It was fine. Was surprised to learn about the Vampire Weekend connection, wouldn't have picked up on that on my own
Rated 8/10
Really good indie album, one I’ll come back to.
Rated 8/10
A well-crafted collaboration between Hamilton Leithauser and Rostam. Leithauser’s voice is raw, lived-in, and soulful while Rostam’s production layers crisp guitars, driving drums, and airy textures that make the record feel timeless.
The album draws from doo-wop, soul, country, and folk, yet never feels retro for its own sake. Songs like Rough Going show off Vampire Weekend–style rhythms, and In a Black Out stands out, for me, as a dreamy ballad with strummed guitar.
Even though the atmosphere stays fairly consistent, each song brings its own character, and the differences reveal themselves more with repeated listens. Not every track is as strong as the next, but as a whole this is a solid album