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THE WALLFLOWERS
Exit Wounds
Now 51, Bob and Sara’s youngest is his own man on his 10th LP
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7/10
The Byrds and Buffalo Springfield songs Jakob Dylan covered on 2018’s Echo Of The Canyon soundtrack seem to have inspired his decision to make the first Wallflowers LP in nine years “a full-band electric record”. Assembling an all-new lineup, Dylan enlisted skilful producer/guitarist Butch Walker to make his songs sparkle. Framed by the pandemic lament “Maybe Your Heart’s Not In It No More” and the demimondedwelling “The Daylight Between Us”, Exit Wounds rocks with smouldering intensity, from the us-against-theworld ballad “Darlin’ Hold On” to the springy, Clash-inspired “Move The River”, two of four duets with a disarmingly spontaneous Shelby Lynne. The LP’s muscular hooks and unpretentious formalism provide Dylan with the ideal settling for his assured wordplay and signature stoicism.