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Take it slow," Graham MacRae advises midway through his new album, Dundrearies. It's a good piece of advice, and one that he follows. -- -- -- Taking a hand-made approach to everything from his songwriting to the album's artwork (which he drew himself), MacRae has crafted a record of folky, thoughtful, singer-songwriter fare in the vein of Bill Callahan. Building on his 2008 self-titled debut's introspective musings and acoustic finger-picking, Dundrearies treads similar territory with the addition of electric guitar, keyboards, and more, to create a layered, intimate sound. -- -- -- The dramas of everyday life are played out in narratively impressionistic songs about fizzled relationships ("Burst Her Bubble") and the struggles that come with trying to move from one phase of life into another ("Game Changer"). MacRae delivers his thoughts on these and other themes in a plainspoken, tuneful style-tinged at times with country flair, on tracks like "The Papers." Joined in the studio by David Newton (The Mighty Lemon Drops) and Lee LaDouceur (The Little Ones), MacRae rounds out his original songs' melodies with gentle rhythms and caps the album on either end with rollicking barroom numbers. The meat of Dundrearies, though, is a downtempo contemplation of loneliness, disappointment, and how to live well.
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TRACK LISTINGS
01. Daddy Don't Mind
02. Game Canger
03. The Papers
04. Wait
05. Take It Slow
06. Hullabaloo
07. Burst Her Bubble
08. Dundrearies
09. This New World
10. Too Many Masks
11. Dirty and Down
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