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I'm a little late in the game I guess, as Buckner's most recent album Meadow came out in 2006. Anyway, if any trace of Buckner's quasi-twang persona was still lurking in his music, the dark, churning surge of "Town"s melody has chased it from the room. Heavy, yes, but steeped in a melody that knows where its groove is.... MORE
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Richard Buckner is one of my favorites, despite a run of records that haven't really kept up the amazing pace he set with Devotion and Doubt and Since. He's back recording with JD Foster, the bass player (Silos, Syd Straw) and producer, who made those great heartfelt, rumbling and melodic LPs. And his new single is frickin' awesome, a total return to form. There's even a chorus, and it's catchy. He has always toyed with song snippets, raised notions that don't so much resolve... MORE
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