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Hold Time (Vinyl)

By: M. Ward (Artist)

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Track Listing

DISC 1 for Hold Time (Vinyl) Album By M. Ward (Artist)
1   For Beginners  
2   Never Had Nobody Like You  
3   Jailbird  
4   Hold Time  
5   Rave On  
6   To Save Me  
7   One Hundred Million Years  
8   Stars Of Leo  
9   Fisher Of Men  
10   Oh Lonesome Me  
11   Epistemology  
12   Blake's View  
13   Shangri-La  
14   Outro  
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (p.66) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "His immaculately arranged Americana is still as comfortable as an old cardigan, but now there's a hint of sunshine in the melodies..."
Entertainment Weekly (p.68) - "HOLD TIME does, in fact, feel timeless, a musical wanderer's dusty, train-hopping tour through folk, blues and country." -- Grade: A-
Alternative Press (p.107) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "[H]is sixth studio album comes teeming with lush compositions and fluttering melodies."
Q (Magazine) (p.105) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[H]is most playful and eclectic yet, ranging from the Beach Boys-meets-ELO baroque pop of 'To Save Me' to the tear-stained and gin-soaked 'Oh Lonesome Me'..."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.111) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Bringing out the too-often buried pop nuances of his stylish songs and new invention from his under-rated guitar work, it's a stylistic cloth that Ward seems very comfortable wearing."
Blender (Magazine) (p.64) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "He murmurs heartsick ballads while his acoustic guitar reflects the country-blues fatalism of John Fahey..."
Paste (magazine) (p.53) - "'Jailbird' is quintessential Ward with string embellishment, 'To Save Me' rollicks fiercely, and the cover of Buddy Holly's 'Rave On' is splendid."
Pitchfork (Website) - "With mixing and assistance from Saddle Creek mainstay Mike Mogis, plus strings by Peter Broderick, Ward keeps his voice sounding lo-fi even when the production is Phil Spector-sized."
Record Collector (magazine) (p.105) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Ward has refined his sound, embracing a lusher approach....HOLD TIME features a few tracks that almost verge upon glam, Beach Boys homages and moments of driving country-rock."

Title Note

Few artists in the 2000s make records that sound simultaneously as postmodern and as timeless as M. Ward's. Like TRANSISTOR RADIO and POST-WAR, 2009's HOLD TIME recycles blues, folk, and country with a forward-thinking sensibility, then filters it all through a gorgeous, vintage, dreamy shimmer. True, HOLD TIME sounds much like its predecessors--there are no stylistic leaps forward here--yet the allure of Ward's retro-themed sonic landscape is as strong as ever.

The album's twangy surf guitars, subtle strings, reverb-kissed vocals, and mild, psychedelic washes of distortion are winning on the album's covers (which include Buddy Holly's "Rave On" and Don Gibson's "Oh Lonesome Me") and on Ward's originals. Guest appearances from Zooey Deschanel, Lucinda Williams, and Grandaddy's Jason Lytle add color and texture to the tunes, but never at the expense of Ward's native sound, which swirls around the listener like campfire smoke. Still, the album may shine brightest at its most intimate, poetic moments, such as the stripped-down, acoustic "One Hundred Million Years."

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