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  • Summary: The latest full-length release from New York-based singer-songwriter Will Stratton features contributions y such artists as Phil Keaggy, Nick Levine, Joshua Marré, Dandy McDowell, Sean Mullins, and Aaron Roche.
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  • Record Label: Bella Union
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Indie Folk
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
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  1. Mar 7, 2025
    90
    It all adds up to another quietly life-improving collection of humble, euphonic Americana, a set of delicately realised musical tapestries that beguile and enchant.
  2. Mar 7, 2025
    90
    Will Stratton is easily one of the finest songwriters working today, but he’s never flashy or over-the-top about it. There’s always warmth, empathy, and beautiful words to string it all together. Points of Origin is Stratton at his absolute best.
  3. Mar 7, 2025
    80
    Consisting of skillful (mostly) first-person character sketches, the songs seem like intimate Stratton remembrances until the settings crystallize.
  4. Uncut
    Mar 7, 2025
    80
    A vivid, endlessly beguiling listen. [Mar 2025, p.34]
  5. Mojo
    Mar 7, 2025
    60
    A lovely, evocative album on which Stratton's measured approach barely masks underlying tensions. [Apr 2025, p.80]