Country Mile (Johnny Flynn album)
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| Studio album by Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit | ||||
| Released | September 30, 2013 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 39:28 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Transgressive | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |
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| The Line of Best Fit |
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| NME | (2.5/5) |
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Country Mile is the fourth full-length album by Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit, released in 2013. The album was announced in conjunction with a tour and the release of a single 'The Lady is Risen'.
In his review for Allmusic, critic Timothy Monger wrote "What sets Johnny Flynn apart from many of Britain's better-known new folk-revivalists is his knack for timeless, literate songwriting. Delivered with the confidence of a seasoned Shakespearian actor and the severity and humor of a young Richard Thompson, Flynn's songs come from a more arcane place in the English idiom, managing to seem both profound and conversational at once." Holly Williams of The Independent wrote "Flynn’s language and cadence can be quaintly archaic; his wandering-minstrel lyrics poetic, and apple-sweet." John Murphy of musicOMH wrote "Flynn remains one of the country’s most overlooked songwriters and Country Mile is a good reminder of his skill with a well-crafted song." Matthew Horton of NME was less enthusiastic about the release, writing "Johnny Flynn moonlights as an actor, and it shows. His folk-rock has always felt a bit forced, and album number three is rootsy like the Chelsea Flower Show, blooming with mega-twee lyrics... There’s even a song called ‘Tinker’s Trail’, for Christ’s sake. If things get any more contrived his next album will feature a duet with a cow."
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