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Texan Josh T Pearson, once of apocalyptic trio Lift to Experience, has more recently played ghost at the feast at niche altrock festivals, terrifying indie kids with sets of brooding country-noir. If anything, this terrific solo debut ? recorded over two nights ? ramps up the intensity; Pearson's anguished croon and acoustic go largely unadorned as he picks over relationships in their death throes. Easy listening it certainly isn't ? "Woman When I've Raised Hell" captures the self-justifying snarl of an aggressive, delusional drunk ? but Pearson stares out the abyss with a remarkably clear eye, and the overall effect is more of catharsis than desolation.
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