Jay Farrar

The man behind Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt continues to look backwards at classic folk and country while forging new studio sounds. This is a low-key, personable album that plays like early Bob Dylan dropping out and tuning in with the help of a swami who's channeling the wilder impulses of Peter Case and Tom Waits.

Like his former bandmate, Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy, ex-Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt
leader Farrar fleshes out his slightly depressive alt-country tunes with spacey psychedelia,
subtle electronic touches and arty experimentation. The big difference: Farrar's
introverted neofolky material is pretty forgettable. CHRISTIAN HOARD (RS 926, July 10,
2003)