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I believe that is a very good review. From start to finish, and start again. Thanks, man, we're glad you liked it. We Switchfans are very proud.
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Somehow, great songwriters have a way of making me think jealous thoughts: ‘I wish I would’ve written that!’ For nearly a decade, Jon Foreman has consistently been fantastic at cleverly crafting words around common experiences that resonate within. Case in point: in “Amateur Lovers,” he laments “We don’t know what we’re doing” and follows it with a fearless declaration of: “Let’s do it again!” Coming to grips with our shortcomings, but enjoying them nonetheless is a great modern day proverb in my book. In “Faust, Midas, and Myself,” he delivers another zinger of a slogan (kinda like “We were meant to live for so much more...”) when he repeats: “You have one life, one life / One life left to lead.” As a poet of our times, he’s certainly a worthy voice to hear. The five-piece band provides a stellar and solid musical bed throughout that brings the band’s familiar sound to the forefront. Still, it sounds like Oh! Gravity is the record the band wanted to make, period. With a seeming devil-may-care attitude, they crank out a delta blues foundation that carries the song “Dirty Second Hands” with a Stones-like swagger, complete with minimal “whoo-hoo’s” from the backup singers. While a megahit may or may not be found here to precipitate hitting that repeat button after any one song, it’s certainly a good listen from start to finish ... and start again. [Sparrow/Columbia] Doug Van Pelt
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