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"All Ashore" is the fifth studio album by the American group Punch Brothers, released on July 20, 2018. The album was self-produced by the band and was released on the Nonesuch Rescords label.
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 72, based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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All Ashore, the fifth album from Brooklyn’s Punch Brothers, is a difficult one to pin down. One part forward-thinking and avant-garde, the other steeped in the traditional sounds of their home country, it’s a record both open and expansive, while feeling understated and harbouring a quiet intelligence.
The album opens with the gently building title track, which introduces listeners to the record’s fragile aesthetic perfectly. And while established fans of the band will find it business as usual for the five-piece, the uninitiated will find an album of rich instrumentation and understated beauty that reveals deeper nuances on each and every listen.
For the most part, All Ashore feels like a breath of fresh Appalachian air. Both forward-thinking and imbued with an appreciation of the traditional sounds of America, it might not harbour a universal sense of appeal, but that makes it all the more beguiling for those who that fall for it.
Reviewed by Dave Beech for independent.co.uk.
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