“At the top of this year, Cass McCombs released "Bradley Manning", a single in tribute to Bradley Manning, the U.S. soldier arrested in May 2010 for allegedly leaking defense information to WikiLeaks. I admired his intentions, but honestly, as an ardent fan of McCombs' work, it wasn't his best, leaning on a plodding melodic structure that made the elegant misery of 2011's excellent WITS END sound f”
