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the less is more attitude of the album. Where as many artists would resort to added more and more layers to cover the embarressing silences of their songs, Rice possitivly languishes in these quiet moments.
Amie also sums up the qualities of this album, all string section and guitar, you cant help but be carried along by the soft waves of music and the emotional quality of the theme. In the hands of a lesser being these songs could begin to sound derivetive and samey, but a tribute to the artist is that originality is maintained through out, the use of instruments, the time signitures used and most of all the use of light and dark, the spaces in the music and just the very talent of the songwriter himself.

It is an album of minimal beauty, its knowing when not to play as much as when and what to play. There are a range of emotions portrayed here, bitter sweet regrets to full on undiluted love. It is an album of honesty and truth and a tribute to a fantastic songwriter and tunesmith. Even if this does not sound like your normal taste in music, I would urge everyone to at least give it one listening, it certainly won me over by about the third song. I look forward to more from this brave new talent, he will hopefully be releasing quality albums for years to come.

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