This album does not mark a radical departure from Jeff Hanson's previous two records, as the essential elements are still here. The bare acoustic prettiness of his debut Son and the handcrafted pop cleverness of Jeff Hanson have been developed further. And, like its predecessors, this release contains a set of pop-music symphonies, each one of which feels like it could be the record's single.

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This album does not mark a radical departure from Jeff Hanson's previous two records, as the essential elements are still here. The bare acoustic prettiness of his debut Son and the handcrafted pop cleverness of Jeff Hanson have been developed further. And, like its predecessors, this release contains a set of pop-music symphonies, each one of which feels like it could be the record's single.

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Jeff Hanson's third album on Kill Rock Stars, his first since 2005's self-titled outing, is a welcome return from an underheralded artist, even if it differs only negligibly from its predecessors. As always -- for better or worse -- the most immediately striking feature of Madam Owl, at least for Hanson newcomers, is his unearthly singing voice: ethereal, gossamer, and yes, undeniably feminine. It's not simply that Hanson's falsetto is high, it's also impossibly delicate; tender but confiden...   [ read more ]

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