If Neil Young released Buried Treasures, it would be hailed as a return to form.
And when Drive-By Truckers evidence similarly unselfconscious immediacy, we praise their ability to inhabit characters.
But Rich Hopkins is for real, a regular guitar-toting guy who grew a conscience in the Peace Corps, cowriting his best songs to date with his hair-salon-owner girlfriend, Lisa Novak.
The Tucson troubadour’s 28th studio set offers Crazy Horse-style workouts and plangent psychedelic feedback jams, but, as shown by the bleakly beautiful Friend of the Shooter, they are increasingly engaged with the southwest’s dark underbelly.
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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John Robins, Comedian
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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