''Ozarker'' is an album by American musician
Israel Nash
Israel Nash (born January 5, 1981) is the recording and performing stage name moniker of American singer, songwriter, and guitarist Israel Nash Gripka.
Career
Originally from Missouri, Nash moved to New York City in 2006. Nash performed in clubs ...
, released on October 20, 2023, through Desert Folklore and Soundly Music. Nash recorded the album in a home studio and worked with its co-producer Kevin Ratterman to record
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s in Ratterman's
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studio.
It received acclaim from critics and charted in Scotland.
Critical reception
''Ozarker'' received a score of 88 out of 100 on review aggregator
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based on five critics' reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".
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'' described the album as "both sentimental and hard-nosed, nostalgic about a past without ignoring the modern world's gritty reality",
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Uncut'' called it "an album that unfurls like a flag on a battlefield, glorious, tattered, defiant, full of big choruses, vaulting harmonies, a brazenly windswept sound. The guitars couldn't be louder, bolder, more heroically deployed".
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History
The ''American Songwri ...
''s Hal Horowitz summarized that "the melodies take flight, soaring as guitars strum, and drums pound, and Nash unleashes ten widescreen tales resounding with melancholy intensity and an idiosyncratic style best described as uncompromising".
John Moore of ''Glide Magazine'' felt that ''Ozarker'' "has a timelessness to it, blending these classic
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Track listing
Charts
References
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2023 albums
Albums produced by Israel Nash
Albums recorded in a home studio
Israel Nash albums