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  • Summary: The fourth full-length solo release from Girls' Christopher Owens was produced with Doug Boehm.
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  • Record Label: True Panther Sounds
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Lo-Fi, Indie Pop, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Indie Folk
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  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Oct 23, 2024
    100
    Christopher Owens has emerged from it with potentially one of the year’s best records.
  2. Oct 28, 2024
    90
    I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair highlights how Owens can write songs detailing life's harshest miseries and somehow twist them until the main takeaways are hope and gratitude. It's a rare feat, and Owens accomplishes it on many of these songs, making the album not just a collection of some of his strongest work but a humbling reminder to remember to be thankful for what we have while we have it.
  3. Oct 24, 2024
    81
    The wisest, most astute and emotionally compelling release of Christopher Owens’s career thus far.
  4. Oct 23, 2024
    80
    It might not be new and it might not follow the current trends, but this is a rare document of heartbreak and hope with the power to move you to tears and make you smile, sometimes at the same time. It deserves any accolades it will receive and many, many more.
  5. Uncut
    Oct 23, 2024
    80
    A strong start to a (hopefully) fresh chapter. [Dec 2024, p.37]
  6. Dec 6, 2024
    75
    Intimate but inviting, aching yet so frequently unconventional, it’s clear that pain hasn’t snuffed out the playful spark that Owens has exhibited since the Girls days. Owens had every excuse to be bitter or angry, but chose instead to find hope and create beauty amidst sadness.
  7. Oct 23, 2024
    72
    This is a slow, steady album; if you thought MJ Lenderman was uncompromising in his lolling tempos, this album might make you feel like time is flowing backward after a few tracks.

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