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Sarah Nixey
Night Walks
(Black Lead Records)
★★★★
WITH her third solo album, Sarah Nixey makes a play to join artists such as The Blue Nile, Frank Ocean and Sinatra during his late-’50s “suicide songs” phase, who seem to exist solely during the nocturnal hours.
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