January 2012
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“No one is playing acoustic guitar like Bill Orcutt right now. No one.”
– Lars Gotrich writing about How The Thing Sings at NPR
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“Perhaps the meaning of Orcutt’s highly personal blues is not to be found either...”
– Ian Latta reviewing How The Thing Sings on Tiny Mix Tapes
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Title track from How the Thing Sings
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“It’s tempting to focus solely on the adrenaline rush of Orcutt’s...”
– Marc Masters writing about How The Thing Sings on Pitchfork
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“If you’re gonna play the blues you have to somehow address the fact that you’re...”
– Interview with Bill Orcutt in October’s Wire. (PDF)
October 2011
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September 2011
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July 2011
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“Four more sides of a carpenter sawing through your psyche. Bill Orcutt’s...”
– Review by Doug Mosurock in Dusted
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May 2011
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“Orcutt’s playing expands on concrete moments, historical or temporary....”
– Mike Wood writing about A New Way To Pay Old Debts in Perfect Sound Forever
March 2011
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“On A New Way to Pay Old Debts, Orcutt is at it again with a four-string guitar,...”
– Review by Adam Strohm in Dusted.
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February 2011
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“And yet it’s pretty indisputable that he’s chanced on a sound that’s almost...”
– A New Way to Pay Old Debts reviewed on The Quietus
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“On A New Way to Pay Old Debts, he rips out sharp plucks, strums in blurry...”
– A New Way to Pay Old Debts reviewed on Pitchfork
December 2010
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November 2010
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September 2010
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"Way Down South" reviewed in November's Wire
The re-emergence of the ex-Harry Pussy guitarist as an acoustic player is perhaps the most unlooked-for development of the last several years. He creates a unique vocabulary by the same means as he did in the electric context of his previous group – minimal stringing. I have never seen him play a guitar with more than four strings. This speaks volumes both for Orcutt’s understanding of his...
July 2010
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June 2010
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February 2010
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December 2009
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"A New Way" Reviewed in November's Wire
They may seem poles apart, but the guitar deconstructions of former Harry Pussy member Bill Orcutt on “A New Way To Pay Old Debts” place him alongside the likes of John Fahey. During the latter years of his life, Fahey deliberately turned his back on his earlier fingerpicking style to explore other ways of how to play solo guitar. To do this he allowed himself to slip into a state of altered...
October 2009
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September 2009
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“Amazing, out-of-nowhere single by the man who was once half of Harry Pussy. One...”
– Byron Coley writing about PAL-001 in September’s Wire.
June 2009
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