Jim James
Uniform Clarity
Release Date: Oct 5, 2018
Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Indie Folk
Record label: ATO
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Album Review: Uniform Clarity by Jim James
Fairly Good, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 6/10
Jim James' Uniform Clarity is the mirror image of his Uniform Distortion issued a mere four months prior. While the earlier album was straight-up, lo-fi indie rock guitar trio, this effort strips that all away, offering the same tunes in a slightly different sequence performed solo with an acoustic guitar. What's more, a good number of these songs are often radically rearranged.
Based on rating 6/10
If Jim James' third solo record, Uniform Distortion, was a bright ball of light, chaotic and reckless, Uniform Clarity is something of an aftereffect. Here, James reimagines Uniform Distortion as stripped-down and acoustic, capturing the embers at the heart of his previous effort with a quiet group of songs ripe for dedicated fans, though one that fails to elaborate substantively upon its original material. Sharing a revised version of an album in the same year as the original's release comes with a certain expectation upon the latter ….
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