One in five of the roots rock revisionary Howe Gelb’s incessant releases sees his untrammeled talent torrent coagulate fully coherently. Album fifty. It’s that time again. Doubling his blurred collective Giant Sand to twelve with pedal steel and mariachi brass, hence the elongated name, Gelb’s country rock opera assimilates every style he’s dabbled with, from cocktail crooning to ambient tex-mex grunge. The impressionistic lyrics are uncommonly honed, the immersive widescreen Americana harnessed to the story of one man’s attempt to thwart fate. Hallucinatory production notes, imagining Tucson as a dreamlike Lynch-Lurman musical, fix it in the mind like a cactus spine.
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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World Without End, Twitter
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Contrapuntal, Twitter