“Devendra Banhart's fourth album corrals the combined talents of the loose-knit freak-folk community; the result is one of the scene's most accessible and engaging records.”
“For four albums now, Texas-born, Venezuela-raised Devendra Banhart has been getting serious mileage out of a rock archetype: the mysterioso folkie with bohemian leanings and poetry to spare. On the intermittently terrific Cripple Crow, Banhart’s eccentricities — notably his impressionistic lyrics and a quavery croon that suggests Robert Plant as well as esteemed dead guys […]”
