Josh T. Pearson Last of the Country Gentlemen

4 stars out of 5 -- "He veers from hush to howl in torrents of confession like a prairie-minister cross of Bob Dylan's talking blues and Jeff Buckley's raptures."
Ranked #33 in Rolling Stone's '50 Best Albums Of 2011' -- "Faith, love and loss are as tangled as the singer's country-preacher beard on this stark, confessional masterpiece."
5 stars out of 5 -- "[A] stone-cold masterpiece of melancholy, a lost telegram of flickering faith and burned-out hope....These songs come from a place beyond romance."
Ranked #5 in Uncut's '50 Best Albums Of 2011' -- "[The debut] told a labyrinthine story of lost love, through slowly unraveling songs and a fearless, unnerving intensity."
4 stars out of 5 -- "A wonderful record full of a stirring, gentle power."