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Dust in the Light
We're like dust caught in the light Beneath the fading southern sky. And cars they murmur by, And down the river chimes The barely beating heart of... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Mar 18, 2014
    100
    Gallon Drunk are now eight albums in to their storied career, and their strain of narcotic rock is getting more and more potent with age.
  2. Mar 21, 2014
    90
    Here they've painted another masterpiece in post-midnight malevolence. Only this time, it's more hypnotic, with a new-and-Neu-found intransigence.
  3. Mar 18, 2014
    80
    Gallon Drunk’s whiskey goes down rough on The Soul of the Hour, but the lingering after-burn is the best part.
  4. Mar 18, 2014
    80
    Their best--and most radical-sounding--LP to date.
  5. Uncut
    Mar 18, 2014
    70
    Now manifesting more of an intense, slow burn than a fierce blaze, they sound no less anguished. [Apr 2014, p.74]
  6. Q Magazine
    Mar 18, 2014
    60
    It's not particularly pretty in places, but it is a hellishly good time. [Apr 2014, p.110]
  7. Mojo
    Apr 23, 2014
    60
    The Soul Of The Hour rumbles onward with fearsome nocturnal dread, if paced with sufficient patience this time to allow the odd shaft of illumination to seep in. [May 2014, p.87]

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