One in five of the roots rock revisionary Howe Gelb’s incessant releases sees his untrammeled talent torrent coagulate fully coherently. Album fifty. It’s that time again. Doubling his blurred collective Giant Sand to twelve with pedal steel and mariachi brass, hence the elongated name, Gelb’s country rock opera assimilates every style he’s dabbled with, from cocktail crooning to ambient tex-mex grunge. The impressionistic lyrics are uncommonly honed, the immersive widescreen Americana harnessed to the story of one man’s attempt to thwart fate. Hallucinatory production notes, imagining Tucson as a dreamlike Lynch-Lurman musical, fix it in the mind like a cactus spine.
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Brighton Argus
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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World Without End, Twitter
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Idrie, Youtube
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Bosco239, youtube
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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John Robins, Comedian
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Keilloh, Twitter
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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FBC, finalgear.com
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Stuart, Chortle
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Chez, Chortle.com
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Jamespearse, Twitter
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Cyberbloke, Twitter
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Hiewy, Youtube