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So with Gold Record potentially tapping into similar impulses - it's impressive how Callahan has enhanced and streamlined his storytelling from Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest while still bringing a lot of expansive and wry details to the forefront

BILL CALLAHAN - Woke On A Whaleheart LP psych or to tear and clawOnce again, together with some of the finest musicians, Bill Callahan delivers another brilliant album, taking up where 2001's Rain on Lens left off, with Callahan looking back and restructuring his excellent song writting techniques to create a record with much stronger skeleton and near perfect songs like "Sycamore", "Footprints", "Honeymoon Child", and the highlight of this album "Diamond Dancer", with violins played by Elizabeth Warren. Woke on a