Matthew E. White - Big Inner
Critic Score
Based on 18 reviews
2012 Ratings: #15 / 1118
User Score
Based on 46 ratings
Liked by 2 people
August 21, 2012 / Release Date
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CRITIC REVIEWS

100
The Guardian

For all the 40-year-old reference points, Big Inner never feels like a pastiche; it's audibly more than the sum of its influences, in the same manner as Lambchop's Nixon.

90
musicOMH

Matthew E White and his Spacebomb house band have created a brilliant debut, one that will undoubtedly have artists queueing up to be a part of this newly established project.

90
Uncut
He's made one of the great albums of modern Americana, and one suspects that a reluctant star is born.
90
The Line of Best Fit

The music on Big Inner is so wondrous that it seems entirely obvious that we’ll always find that peace, joy and contentment in music rather than anywhere else.

90
Consequence of Sound

Big Inner is a brilliant debut, brimming with homages to pop music’s past, whether it be Motown or Randy Newman.

81
Pitchfork

White's gift on Big Inner is taking sounds created by actual southerners and turning them into figments of his musical imagination, which he bends and shapes into bottomless columns of ethereal soul.

80
The 405

It's totally unafraid to recall tried & trusted musical styles and creative processes that many in trendy modern circles may dismiss as old practice.

80
NME

The 29-year-old summons the spirit of his namesake Barry; the sweet soul of Isaac Hayes; and Randy Newman’s contribution to the great American songbook to create a profoundly pleasing melange. 

80
Q Magazine

Funneling psychedelic sounds through soulful gospel has long been a musical quest... Matthew E. White's band have nailed the gig with their first experiment.

85

Really good first 5 songs are incredible

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Track List

  1. One of These Days 
  2. Big Love 
  3. Will You Love Me 
  4. Gone Away 
  5. Steady Pace 
  6. Hot Toddies 
  7. Brazos
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Added on: August 17, 2012