LINDA DRAPER

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For all intents and purposes, Cotton Jones seems like an older and less cheerful Page France. Nau’s nasally bawl has lost some of its childish naïveté, and comes across as a little more mature but sadder for its lost innocence. “Gone the Bells’” melancholy country twang makes it immediately apparent that Nau has “gone through some shit.” The tune feels like it could be the last track played for all those lost souls crying in their beers at bar close. The song’s lyrical refrain of “I was looking for your heart/through the flowers in the park” evokes the kind of images of hopelessness and regret that tend to find their home on the lonely barstool. In “Gotta Cheer Up Now” it sounds like Nau has done just the opposite of cheer up, wailing on the edge of despair over a gloomy keyboard beat. (Incidentally I love sad music so these happen to be two of my favorite tracks.) I honestly hope for the best for Michael Nau’s personal life. Until it gets better though, I hope that he continues to channel it into gorgeously sorrowful music as he has done with Paranoid. Though it may be too early to tell, after a few listens this record has affected me more than any that Page France ever released. – Culture Bully

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