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Spilling over with trembling strings and thunderous crescendos, "Coward" foreshadows the electric energy that is to be found throughout Vic Chesnutt's newest record. With members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Silver Mt. Zion, and Fugazi once again contributing, At the Cut is populated by giant melodies, quiet meditations, and intense studies on mortality and memory. But, for all its bombast, At the Cut is probably most notable for Chesnutt's unwavering honesty and cathartic power. Because of these qualities it has quickly become one of my favorite and most played records this year.
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III is the third album for this San Francisco trio, but the first recorded in a studio. The fantastic production values really help this shimmering instrumental work, which the band envisions as a lost soundtrack to a forgotten Italian film. That's not such a bad way of looking at this decent, though not entirely memorable, recording.
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