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Oct 13, 2025This doesn't sound much like anything Miller has released in the past, and that only adds to its power; this is a chronicle of a man pondering an uncertain future with both courage and trepidation, and A Lifetime of Riding by Night is the most powerful solo effort he's ever made.
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Oct 13, 2025There is a bare-it-all vulnerability that ties all these songs together. With his vocals, a strong, slightly nasally tenor, and acoustic guitar at the forefront of the near dozen songs here (plus a short prologue and interlude), the record is a pivot away from his last solo outing – 2022’s The Misfit.
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UncutOct 13, 2025A fine record. .... The title track and "Come As You Are" are creations of Jimmy Webb-ish sumptuous lachrymony. [Nov 2025, p.35]
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Nov 24, 2025This is a personal record and should be heard as one.
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Oct 16, 2025It’s a smart, tight album. Fans might not have known Rhett Miller fully, but they’ve known that this record is the sort of work to expect.
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UncutOct 13, 2025Very much a reflective affair, rendered in warm acoustic folk tones and coloured by Mellotron strings and piano. [Dec 2025, p.33]