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Ruston Kelly doesn't stick in any one spot on Dying Star, his debut album. Perhaps Ryan Adams is his lodestar -- "Mockingbird" doesn't merely sound like something straight off of Heartbreaker, it contains a knowing nod to former Adams paramour Parker Posey -- but Kelly isn't a po-faced Americana singer/songwriter who is consumed with authenticity. "Son of a Highway Daughter" finds him harmonizing with a vocoder-ized version of himself, "Anchors" is accentuated with keyboards and steel guitar that veer toward the psychedelic, and "Dying Star" borrows from classic soul rhythms. These flourishes, along with Kelly's sharply honed wit, keep the otherwise moody and slow Dying Star from seeming somnolent, and they're enough to help steer attention away from the album's appealing nocturnal sheen and to the songcraft, which is sturdy and enduring.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Jarrad Kritzstein, ComposerLyricist - Ruston Kelly, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jarrad K, Producer
℗ 2018 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ruston Kelly, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jarrad K, Producer
℗ 2018 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ruston Kelly, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jarrad K, Producer
℗ 2018 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ruston Kelly, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jarrad K, Producer
℗ 2018 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Brendan Benson, ComposerLyricist - Jarrad Kritzstein, ComposerLyricist - Ruston Kelly, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jarrad K, Producer
℗ 2018 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Joy Williams, ComposerLyricist - Jarrad Kritzstein, ComposerLyricist - Ruston Kelly, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jarrad K, Producer
℗ 2018 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Jarrad Kritzstein, ComposerLyricist - Rick Brantley, ComposerLyricist - Ruston Kelly, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jarrad K, Producer
℗ 2018 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ruston Kelly, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jarrad K, Producer
℗ 2018 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Jarrad Kritzstein, ComposerLyricist - Ruston Kelly, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jarrad K, Producer
℗ 2018 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Lucie Silvas, ComposerLyricist - Jarrad Kritzstein, ComposerLyricist - Ruston Kelly, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jarrad K, Producer
℗ 2018 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Kyle Jacobs, ComposerLyricist - Joe Leathers, ComposerLyricist - Ruston Kelly, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jarrad K, Producer
℗ 2018 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Natalie Hemby, ComposerLyricist - Joy Williams, ComposerLyricist - Ruston Kelly, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jarrad K, Producer
℗ 2018 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Caitlyn Smith, ComposerLyricist - Ruston Kelly, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Rollie Gaalswyk, ComposerLyricist - Jarrad K, Producer
℗ 2018 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ruston Kelly, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jarrad K, Producer
℗ 2018 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Album review
Ruston Kelly doesn't stick in any one spot on Dying Star, his debut album. Perhaps Ryan Adams is his lodestar -- "Mockingbird" doesn't merely sound like something straight off of Heartbreaker, it contains a knowing nod to former Adams paramour Parker Posey -- but Kelly isn't a po-faced Americana singer/songwriter who is consumed with authenticity. "Son of a Highway Daughter" finds him harmonizing with a vocoder-ized version of himself, "Anchors" is accentuated with keyboards and steel guitar that veer toward the psychedelic, and "Dying Star" borrows from classic soul rhythms. These flourishes, along with Kelly's sharply honed wit, keep the otherwise moody and slow Dying Star from seeming somnolent, and they're enough to help steer attention away from the album's appealing nocturnal sheen and to the songcraft, which is sturdy and enduring.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:57
- Main artists: Ruston Kelly
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: New Rounder
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2018 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 2018 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
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