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Sep 11, 2025In the Hour of Dust ends on a note of affirmation and encouragement, a fitting end to a work that, while cinematic and beautifully rendered, remains a protest record at heart.
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MojoSep 11, 2025The songs here are among his most direct and fully focused. [Oct 2025, p.81]
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Sep 17, 2025There’s some subtle but slick Hollywood airbrushing over a fair amount of this putative dust; there’s too much driving around in cars (because LA); and the problem with too many lullabies is that they can lead to “America Snoring”. .... Yet to carp about all this is to miss something important about Grant-Lee Phillips: he is very, very good at what he does.
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UncutSep 11, 2025Phillips has released a dozen solo albums characterised by a vivid lyricism and a rootsy, melodic sensibility, paired with the ability to throw in an unconventional chord so the song never goes quite where you expect. Those qualities are as strong as ever on In The Hour Of Dust. [Oct 2025, p.31]
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Record CollectorSep 11, 2025This is intelligent easy listening in a band setting. [Oct 2025, p.132]