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Jack Johnson - Sleep Through The Static



Jack Johnson - Sleep Through The Static review
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   Ew
Dig into surfer/strummer Jack Johnson's fourth solo CD, Sleep Through the Static, and you'll find unexpectedly somber pronouncements. ''There's almost nothing that you could tell me/That could ease my mind,'' he complains on ''All at Once.'' ''Sometimes time doesn't heal,'' he later observes on ''If I Had Eyes.'' Whoa — don't go killing our buzz, bro! Then again, those dark sentiments are balanced by warm melodies and gently rootsy arrangements....full text

   Billboard
Saying that Jack Johnson's fourth record is languid and breezy is a little like saying the Cubs probably won't win it all this year, but "Sleep Through the Static" takes Johnson's über-chill, barefoot-in-a-hammock vibe to new heights—or mediums, depending on how you look at such things. Recorded purely with solar energy, "Static" traffics more in earnest, welterweight rock than his usual island-flavored vibe, which owes a lot to the subtle rhythms of his native Hawaii, and its pervasively midtempo skeleton is probably slow-rolling enough to completely alienate anyone not already in his camp....full text

   Guardian
The fourth album by the Hawaii-born singer-songwriter, surfer and film-maker is a delight. Like his 2001 debut, Brushfire Fairytales, it mixes acoustic folk with funk- and Latin-inspired beats and a hip-hop bass. Jackson is back with his old producer JP Plunier and 'Hope' even has a mellow ska refrain. Johnson's vocals - imagine a Noughties take on Paul Simon and Cat Stevens - are utterly addictive, but this time there's a grown-up vibe to the trippy prose....full text

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