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Kevin Morby: Little Wide Open [Dead Oceans]
Little Wide Open, Kevin Morby’s eighth solo LP, looks back on his time on the road as an adult, swishing between the freedom it offers, the unknowns that always come knocking, and a new factor: looming fatherhood, which puts it all in perspective. By his side is the National’s Aaron Dessner handling production, as well as Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, Lucinda Williams, Muna’s Katie Gavin, and Sylvan Esso’s Amelia Meath.
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