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“I’m nobody’s pocket change,” sings Sophie Gault on “Pocket Change,” a kiss-off befitting the rough-around-the-edges sound Gault has been perfecting for years, this time on her latest record, Unhinged. Gault’s voice is a pretty snarl, its soft and abrasive sides in beguiling harmony, ideal for telling an
ALBUM REVIEW: The Lowest Pair’s 'Always as Young as We’ll Ever Be' Pushes the Duo to New Musical Realms
The Lowest Pair’s Always as Young as We’ll Ever Be opens like a flower unfolding.
Gentle drones whisper behind banjo and acoustic guitar as “Give it All Away” starts. “By now I wonder how the seasons always seem to take us by surprise,” Kendl Winter and Palmer T.