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Wit's End album for sale by Cass Mccombs was released Apr 19, 2011 on the Domino label. In several sometimes perplexing ways, Cass McCombs' fifth full-length outing, Wit's End, veers moderately but decisively away from the appealingly direct, rootsy indie folk of its predecessor, Catacombs. Wit's End CD music In its place is a stark, occasionally stifling collection of dark, literary, chamber folk, melodramatic piano balladry, and one sterling piece of country-pop classicism. Wit's End buy CD music Album-opener "County Line" is a quiet stunner: a mellow-grooving country-soul burner so achingly smooth you'd swear it was a turn-of-the-'70s chestnut from the L.A. soft rock scene -- a stray cut from the vaults of Asylum Records, perhaps, or maybe a particularly glossy tune by the Band -- complete with that iconic Fender Rhodes twinkle. (Its restrained melancholy and vintage-styled craftsmanship also call to mind Beck's Sea Change. ) But it's hardly an accurate indication of what's to come, at least musically: although several songs feature a similar instrumental palette, and the moody, subdued tone persists throughout, nothing else here is nearly as warm or winningly melodic. ...See Full Description
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| CD Universe Part number | 8467956 |
| Label | Domino |
| Orig Year | 2011 |
| Catalog number | 934680 |
| Discs | 1 |
| Release Date | Apr 19, 2011 |
| Studio/Live | Studio |
| Mono/Stereo | Stereo |
| Recording Time | 47 minutes |
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