Amos Lee Mission Bell

3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he standouts on his chart-topping fourth album -- cut with Joey Burns of Western-mystic indie rockers Calexico providing moody backup -- are the cameo tracks."
"[H]is soulful singing charms throughout." -- Grade: B-
Billboard (p.28) - "It's the new sounds that really give this gentle genius a genuine 'Bell' ringer of a fourth album."
4 stars out of 5 -- "His lyrics sweat with detail and nervy experience....He's moved house from well-made folk-country to heartfelt soul..."
Paste (magazine) - "['Violin'] is unsurprisingly, the album's clear highlight: a swelling, sweeping slow-burner with wide-screen atmosphere, angelic harmonies and pedal steel aching over modest acoustic strums."