The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE recommends an impressive impersonation of Bob Dylan
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RINA ARYA confronts the brutal operation of Francis Bacon’s approach to portraiture
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EWAN KOTZ relishes a veteran Glasgow band that have lost none of their verve for live performance
The Clearwater Swimmers
The Clearwater Swimmers
(New Martian Records)
★★★★
RECORDED over just three days with producer Bradford Krieger, the self-titled debut album from The Clearwater Swimmers is a notable entrance into the world.
Lead singer Sumner Bright’s melancholic vocals combined with the New York four-piece’s unhurried Americana brings to mind much-loved US indie artists like Mark Kozelek’s Red House Painters, Beachwood Sparks and Friendship.
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