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New David Grubbs - "An Optimist Declines (Edit)"

stereogum August 29, 2008 1:52 PM
New David Grubbs -

David Grubbs supposedly describes his new album An Optimist Notes The Dusk as "a step into the void," which doesn't sound overly optimistic. His first solo record since 2004's poppier A Guess At The Riddle does sound good and enjoyable fractured, though. It consists of five longer songs (hence the "edit" in the above headline) and an 11-minute instrumental. Fans of his work in Gastr del Sol or the nighttime blues of Loren Connors should appreciate the spare, nay skeletal, knottiness. Listen:

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