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Album Reviews with Ian Sinclair: December 2, 2020

Hjalte Ross
Waves of Haste
(Wouldn’t Waste Records)

★★★★

FOLLOWING his beautifully melancholic, Nick Drake-influenced 2018 debut LP, Norwegian singer-songwriter Hjalte Ross returns with the Waves of Haste, written during stays at a remote Norwegian lighthouse and in New York City.

Engineered by John Wood (John Martyn, Cat Stevens and, yes, Nick Drake), there is a noticeable expansion and maturing of his acoustic folk sound, with more varied and complex song structures. The tired-sounding Off My Mind includes strings, piano and some lonesome sax, while the horns-boosted Thinking About You is positively upbeat.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Return To Greendale
(Warners)

★★★

Jennifer Castle
Monarch Season
(Paradise of Bachelors)

★★★★

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