“Every song on Leonard Cohen’s first album of new material in eight years takes place in the wee small hours. Tempos are at a kingsnake crawl and the sound is full of caresses, variations on the classy but louche cabaret tunes Cohen once dubbed the European blues. The vocals and music unfold in a whisper, […]”
“Leonard Cohen's 12th studio LP is a spare, low-key album rooted in blues and gospel-- maybe the closest thing he's made to "folk" music since the early 1970s.”
“On his latest album, singer-songwriter presents exactly what this album's title suggests. I just wish the instrumentation sounded better.”
