Capping off a decade where he has announced and solidified himself as possibly the country’s finest songwriter, Richard Dawson has produced another record of incredible melodic talent, compositional nouse and gloriously empathic writing.
Dawson adds pop-facing elements to folk on this brilliant album, full of stories of a benighted Britain.
Where Peasant was spidery, Beefheart-influenced avant-folk, 2020 is Dawson utilising pop at its most base iteration.
2020 is more pop-leaning than Dawson's previous experimental forays, yielding some of his catchiest work to date.
Richard Dawson outdoes himself with this modernist spiritual successor to 2017's Peasant.
On his dense but meticulously rendered new album, the British folk singer uses grander pop arrangements to wade into the barbarism of modern life.
If it isn't always fun, the honesty and passion in this music deliver more than enough reward for your time.
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