Richard Buckner, Impasse - 33m 41s

Tracks & Durations

1. Grace I'd Said I'd Know	1:47
2. Born Into Giving It Up	3:00
3. Hoping Wishers Never Lose	2:57
4. Loaded At The Wrong Door	3:30
5. A Year Ahead & A Light	2:21
6. Put On What You Wanna	2:14
7. A Shift	0:39
8. And The Clouds've Lied	2:14
9. Stumble Down	2:14
10. Count Me In On This One	2:23
11. Dusty From The Talk	3:15
12. Were You Tried & Not As Tough	2:34
13. Impasse	1:04
14. I Know What I Knew	2:24
15. Stutterstep	0:55

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Review

On this restless troubadour's previous releases, his dour monotone and spare arrangements did little to alleviate the bleakness of his literary-minded lyrics. While Richard Buckner hasn't (and shouldn't) turn into Mr. Joyboy, it's an ear-opening revelation to hear his songs in the warmer and more sonically expansive settings of this self-produced, home-studio recording. With only the backing of his wife, Penny Jo Buckner, on drums, he plainly had no concern about time or budget as he layered his first collection of original material in four years with celesta-like bells and keyboard electronics that occasionally evoke the incongruous influence of '80s synth-pop. "Trust me, I know where I am," he sings in "Born into Giving It Up." Highlights ranging from the luminous balladry of "Put On What You Wanna" to the spaghetti-Western twang of "Stumble Down," indicate that the listener should take him on faith. No, Buckner hasn't gone all "new romantic" on us, but who knew that the bard of existential despair had this much Phil Spector in him? --Don McLeese

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