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DirtRockZine Interviews Lonesome Wyatt

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It is with great honor and pride that I am able to present to you my chat with the creator of “strange, sad music from a time that never was”, the one and only LONESOME WYATT of Those Poor Bastards and Lonesome Wyatt and The Holy Spooks. Mercy!

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Shutter 16 Reviews “Heartsick”

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“Never Coming Home” sways along like a Salvation Army band orchestrating a tramp clown’s soliloquy…

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Ringmaster’s Realm’s Take on ‘Heartsick’

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Heartsick is a layered journey into the abyss of darkness, depression and sadness, and may be one of the best CDs to come out in some time!

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‘Heartsick’ Named Best Album of 2011 by Sound in the Signals

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This album could easily be the soundtrack to Nightmare Before Christmas or Sleepy Hollow.

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Heartsick Review by American Roots UK

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…the haunting instrumentation ensures this is never an album to really lift the spirits…

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Shooter Jenning’s Top 11 Albums of 2011: ‘Heartsick’

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The sound of this record is amazing, haunting and just plain intimidating.

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Vinyl Cave Dives Deep With ‘Heartsick’

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…suitable for the darkest hours before dawn: loneliness and loss, fear and insanity, death or something worse.

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Mad Mackerel Reviews ‘Heartsick’

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By turns melancholic, mournful and (of course) spooky, Lonesome Wyatt & The Holy Spooks are clearly masters of their macabre craft.

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CC2K Thinks ‘Heartsick’ Is A “Real Trip”

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It’s one of the finest explorations of sadness that I’ve ever heard.

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Lonesome Wyatt Featured on CD Baby’s Music Discovery Podcast

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Lonesome Wyatt and his Holy Spooks aren’t really so lonesome — they’re in good company in the world of gothic folk, joining the likes of Black Heart Procession and Dead Man’s Bones in the creepier corner of the new Americana.

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