Everything is Right4 Out Of 5 Stars
Landing somewhere between the Avett Brothers and The Eagles, Dawes resurrect the old San Fernando Valley mellow rock of Jackson Browne (who is something of a patron to the band) circa 1976. In fact, you'll be able to close your eyes and imagine Browne's doppelganger at the microphone while you listen to "Nothing is Wrong." The songs are excellently crafted with harmonies out of the CSN&Y playbook, all about loves lost, missing or yearned for. The woman with "a tragic set of charms" is even reinforced even by the song's title, "Time Spent In Los Angeles."
"Nothing is Wrong" has plenty of these kind of hooky folk-pop laments, and Browne lends a harmony to "Fire Away." They even let that Eagles bar band moment loose when the guitars go to jet-speed in "My Way Back Home." Lead singer Taylor Goldsmith has the valley-Bohemian croon down (his brother Griffin also sings, his harmonies spark "How far We've Come") to the point where you almost expect Linda Ronstadt to pop in. If you're missing the kind of Cali-Rock that takes its California Dreaming via the Hotel California, you'll love the finery of Dawes.
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