Phosphorescent C'est La Vie *

"The eight-minute 'Around The Horn', a motorik chug reminiscent of Wilco's 'Spiders (Kidsmoke)', sounds like a spontaneous live groove."
Paste (magazine) - "His fine-grit tenor is still perfectly raspy, and his songs still hang effortlessly near the border between barstool country and warm-glow pop, with Houck's experimental streak interloping into both territories."
Paste (magazine) - Included in Paste Magazine's "The 50 Best Albums of 2018" -- "Houck sounds bemused but happy, like a man still learning to navigate and appreciate a whole new existence."
Clash (Magazine) - "[T]here's gorgeous, candid song-craft at work....There are little specks of sunlight in those silver slide guitars..."