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"Few singer/songwriters hurl themselves into their music with the physical abandon that Malcolm Holcombe displays on his latest album. Beyond the gravel voice and high-intensity arrangements featuring his guitar, he moans, grunts, groans and smacks his lips, embellishing the brilliant songs of a mercurial spirit. Half the songs here sound like a train, whistling past your ears as Holcombe sings of slow love songs, flooded gambling emporiums, drunken madmen and, in "Cynthia Margaret," the solace of a long-sought soul mate. "My Old Radio" is a core tune for Americana formats; "You Don`t Come to See Me Anymore" could be sung by vocalists from the Nashville he once fled. Rich in idiosyncratic epigrams with echoes ranging from Guy Clark to Bob Dylan, Holcombe (with "Jelly Roll" Johnson`s ever-ready harmonica adding emphasis) delivers elusive tales of a life that may not have always been wisely lived, but was always worth writing about. -- Wayne Robins, Billboard Magazine (Artist Garage)
