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HAYES CARLL
You Get It All DUALTONE
Sad, funny, literate and reassuringly accomplished eighth from rootsy Texan
8/10
AMERICANA Album Of The Month
DAVID MCCLISTER, FRANK MELFI
DESPITE a run of consistently finereleases sincefirst making his mark nearly 20 years ago, Hayes Carll has never quite received the credit that his talent demands. Maybe it’s his low-key demeanour, perhaps it’s the disregard for showiness, or it could be the simple fact that he’s operating in an increasingly overcrowded field. But at his best, as on 2011’s pithy KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories ) or 2019’s Dualtone debut What It Is, the Texan singer-songwriter invites comparisons to Guy Clark or Jerry Jeff Walker.