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Dylan LeBlanc's Rough Trade debut aches with the kind world-weary
angst and faux-wisdom that serves as the foundation for countless
other confessional singer/songwriters. That the Louisiana native is
only 20 years old will have some crying foul, but this son of a
Muscle Shoals session player has grown up watching his mentors
exorcize their demons through music, so why shouldn't he? Pauper's
Field, a 12-track collection of slow, soulful country-folk, falls
somewhere between Nick Drake, Jason Molina, Kelly Joe Phelps and
Fleet Foxes. LeBlanc's smoky, emotive voice carries with it the
reluctant ardor of his southern homeland, and his tales of love,
life, loss and death feel real enough, if not duly informed by a
lot of late nights nursing a pilfered bottle of bourbon over a
stack of Neil Young and Townes Van Zandt records. It's hard to deny
the thick fog of finger-picked, '70s soft rock that hangs over
Pauper's Field, but standout cuts -- like the weepy "Emma Hartley,"
"Low," "Death of Outlaw Billy John," and "If the Creek Don't Rise,"
the latter of which features effortless harmony vocals from none
other than Emmylou Harris -- show a great deal of promise,
especially when this old soul, saddled with the weight of a young
man's preconceptions, finds those ideals both met and shattered. ~
James Christopher Monger
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