Daniel Romano
Finally Free
Release Date: Nov 30, 2018
Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Pop
Record label: New West
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Album Review: Finally Free by Daniel Romano
Very Good, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 7/10
On top of releasing two Bandcamp-exclusive albums in early January, Nerveless and Human Touch, those of which have since been removed, Romano circles back with LP number eight, Finally Free. In lieu of 2017's alt-country shuffle, Modern Pressure, Romano has a reputation to work in various mediums. Here, he opts to scale back and harness a gentler, more intimate side of writing.
Based on rating 7/10
Two releases this year simply could not satisfy the fertile mind of Daniel Romano, as Finally Free, his third LP of 2018, proves. Never has Romano preached his prose so fervently, treating song like sermon at times. These nine tracks — some somewhat nebulous, each one impassioned — act as further evidence that Romano is ever-changing, never still. It's a journey into Romano's mind that feels simultaneously spontaneous and calculated, soft in its travels as it speaks of time and what exists between dreams and reality. There's a ….
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