Finally back in print! I know many of you dudes love the funky, Midnite Vultures era Beck, and I totally understand where you’re coming from, but for a mopey sad sack like myself, there’s nothing better than throwing on this mellow, mostly-acoustic slab of Beck and curling up in the fetal position with a bottle of Johnnie Walker Red and a picture of my ex-girlfriend. Seriously, after hearing Guerolito, I doubt Beck will ever go back to this style, and this will stand alone in his catalog as his Astral Weeks or something. Dude is so depressed here! “I’ll just hold onto nothing, and see how long nothing lasts!” Yikes! Released by DGC on double vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve.

• double vinyl pressing
• gatefold sleeve
• music label: DGC 2016

reviewed by low down and hanging around 12/2016