The Paperboys – Dilapidated Beauty
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On the first half of this impressive double-LP from Canada’s Paperboys, textured landscapes of violin, mandolin, fiddle, dulcimer and dobro support Landa’s voice throughout the collection of mellow-but-elegant Americana with a Celtic tint. Disc two switches things up quite a bit. “Perfect Stillness” is a funk junket, complete with layered horns and Rhodes keys. The upbeat tempo of the James Brown-influenced “Make Them Shine” and “Shining Through You” shuffles feet, while “Easy Chair” could easily find a place in the Van Morrison catalog.