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Jack Johnson - Sleep Through The Static
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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