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Q MagazineOct 12, 2012The overall effect is not dissimilar to a less arch Rufus Wainwright, although the quality of songs does tail off slightly toward the end. [Jul 2012, p.113]
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UncutJun 1, 2012Watson is a master of both dynamics and arrangements, his songs ebbing and flowing with a restrained grace and striking sensitivity. [Jul 2012, p.85]
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May 11, 2012Surely the best album (so far) of 2012.
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May 11, 2012Adventures in Your Own Backyard is a frankly exquisite, elegantly crafted gem.
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May 3, 2012While Adventures In Your Own Backyard can't be described as instantly catchy, its songs wend their way into your memory as if you've always known them.
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May 3, 2012The entire album has such a beautiful richness to it that it's mind-boggling to discover that it was all recorded in the singer's Montreal apartment--although you can hear the creaking of floorboards and chairs throughout, which only adds to the album's charm and comfort.
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May 3, 2012Listeners willing to devote an hour--rather than a rushed five-minute scan of the first 30 seconds of each cut--to this unassuming little gem will likely want to revisit it again and again.
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May 1, 2012All are decent enough but, when placed alongside the album's standout moments, they aren't quite as dazzling. Not like that really matters though, because there are standouts throughout.
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Apr 30, 2012Adventures... is an accomplished album, one which makes the most out of not over-complicating things.
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Apr 30, 2012Melancholic and joyful, it's both soft and harsh, but more impressive than any contradiction is the gorgeous use of timbre that takes over from the word go. A wonderfully simple, elegantly performed album that puts the importance of texture into perspective.
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May 3, 2012There's simply a gentle swing to Watson's woeful, unavoidably Buckley-esque warble, containing an epic elegance worthy of the most intimate of adventures.
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Oct 9, 2012Adventures finds Watson's broad cinematic swaths bundled into a persistently intimate experience.
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