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- Summary: The latest full-length release from Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Alex Izenberg was mixed by Phil Ek and inspired by philosopher Alan Watts, King Crimson, and Fleet Foxes.
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- Record Label: Domino
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Chamber Pop
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Aug 7, 2024Alex Izenberg & the Exiles is instantly familiar and a high point in the songwriter’s career. It demands attention, and even if it can be exhausting, it is well worth the expenditure.
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Jul 25, 2024The gorgeous harmonies of Threaded Dances and the irresistible groove of Pareidolia provide particular highlights. The album as a whole, meanwhile, simmers with promise as to where Izenberg might head next; quietly, here, he’s crafted one of the summer’s finest records.
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UncutJul 25, 2024“The Wraith Behind Our Eyes” sounds like the kind of thing Ian Dury might have come up with if he’d been raised in sunny California, while the New Age jazz flourishes of tracks like “Threaded Dances” hit home what a unique concoction of flavours and sounds Izenberg has put together here. [Aug 2024, p.35]
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Jul 25, 2024Alex Izenberg & the Exiles is an album for late nights, back porches, and lonely weekends, and another intriguing entry in the growing catalog of a distinctive music personality.
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MojoJul 25, 2024Lovely though these songs are, it’s hard not to feel they demand a similar attention, your mind fighting to impose structure on their swathes of classic rock signifiers, their lyrical opacity. Izenberg might be getting closer to his music, but he’s still oddly far away. [Sep 2024, p.84]