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Born Again In The USA by Loose Fur

Loose Fur

Born Again In The USA

Release Date: Mar 21, 2006

Genre(s): Indie, Rock

Record label: Drag City

80

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Album Review: Born Again In The USA by Loose Fur

Excellent, Based on 2 Critics

AllMusic - 80
Based on rating 8/10

Though it's in keeping with the jammy, appealingly tossed-off feel of their debut, Loose Fur's second album, Born Again in the USA, isn't quite as, well, loose as Loose Fur was. Actually, in its own mellow, affable way, it manages to be pretty accomplished while keeping the freewheeling, creative spark that made Jeff Tweedy, Glenn Kotche, and Jim O'Rourke's collaboration fun the first time around. A mix of rambling instrumentals and songs that border on the poppy side of these artists' work, Born Again in the USA has a laid-back, late-'60s/early-'70s feel to it, particularly on the two Tweedy-sung songs that open the album.

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Dusted Magazine
Opinion: Mediocre

Formal experimentation in pop music has frequently drawn from the avant-garde, using a slew of loaded languages ranging from bludgeoning violence to inhuman instrumental proficiency. These can serve as a statement of radicalism, or perhaps more ideally, as something more honest and individualistic than other pop music. There is a sense of intended delineation, a desire to reclaim a beacon of artistry in an extremely saturated and commercial cultural medium.

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