Elliot Smith was nothing if not prolific but it still comes as something of a surprise when, almost four years after his death, a double album’s worth of mostly unheard material is unearthed.
Elliot Smith was nothing if not prolific but it still...
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Like most of Smith’s music, the album sounds on occasion like the work of a man carrying out a war in his own mind, yet is also tinged with calm and life-affirming joy. Many songs reflect his usual mix of hope, frustration and weary resignation to life’s injustices.
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