RUUNE just posted a beautiful write-up of the last DAKOTA SLIM record and W†H AUDIO SIGIL, “CACTUS CROWN,” on PORTLANDNOTES.COM:
…there are some other reactions that my body has when I consume it’s creation. It is intentional. It is painstakingly crafted and recrafted. Dakota Slim has placed so many intelligent intricacies into this great work that every listen has a different dimension to it. Beyond all that it sounds professional: every part of this album is exactly as it should be, finding its way somewhere at the perfect intersection between overdone and creatively interesting. At the bottom of those waves it finds its home as a wonderful piece of artistic integrity: of someone finding themselves and sticking to their guns, and becoming exactly who they want to be. A lifelong process, surely, but albums like these are very nice waysigns, guide posts, and rest stops which can help us along the way…
READ THE FULL REVIEW HERE
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