My Best Human Face may be Krug's most vital-sounding set of solo songs to date. It's certainly one of his most balanced, as playful as it is earnest, and as hook-driven as it is meandering.
Compared to Heartbreaking Bravery, My Best Human Face feels looser, more effortless and this makes for a more engaging experience throughout.
My Best Human Face, even in its mellower breathes of reflection, exhales an air of urgency.
Now another of Spencer Krug’s many musical alliances is resurrected in the form of My Best Human Face; a second full-length collaboration with Finnish act Siinai that quickly reaffirms the partnership’s potency.
Human Face contains some of the best and most vibrant music that Krug has been part of in the past five years or more, and will hopefully go a ways towards that nagging voice of self-doubt.
He hit a decent payday on Julia with Blue Jeans On, but already that formula delivered diminished returns on its successor City Wrecker EP. And here now on his electric return, even less so.
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