“On his second solo album, Broken Rope, Merchandise guitarist David Vassalotti seems to approach everything from a starting point of world-weary melancholy. He even opens the record with a song called “The Trouble With Being Born.” But there is also a lot of hope and life in these 10 tunes, as Vassalotti often discovers something catchy and even sunny inside his slow-waking sounds.-=-=-=-
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