Mail on Sunday, August 19th, 2007
It's tempting to say the world really doesn't need any more earnest young singer-songwriters right now, but by the end of Out Come The Wolves, the first track on Oregon-based Jacob Golden's debut album Revenge Songs (Sawtooth, 12.99 inc pp, 01634 832 789, out now) **** all doubts are dispelled. Frankly, if the never-ending parade of Fretwells, Blunts and Nutinis had some of Golden's talent, the genre would not have acquired a bad name in the first place. Golden's self-produced album makes judicious use of ethereal reverb and multi-tracked voices to create a sense of curiously defiant vulnera...
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