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State Champion + Ned Collette

State Champion review via AQUARIUM DRUNKARD ( Each of the albums seven songs are total gems, packed with thrift store wisdom and woozy wistfulnessRyan Davis has a keen eye for the odd detail that transforms the mundane into the magical. ) -- https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2019/01/06/state-champion-send-flowers/

State Champion review via PITCHFORK ( * 8.0 * / BEST ROCK ALBUMS OF 2018) -- https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/state-champion-send-flowers/

State Champion review via RAVEN SINGS THE BLUES ( "Davis is one of this generations great songwriters, sketching out a vision of the American Midwest thats self-aware, unpretentious and biting." ) -- http://www.ravensingstheblues.com/state-champion/

State Champion review via STILL SINGLE ( "This record one of a short list of my favorites this year should put State Champion within striking distance of the more recognized musical storytellers of the current century." ) -- http://still-single.tumblr.com/post/180061041976/state-champion-send-flowers-lp-sophomore

If Bob Dylan was funny, if Tom Waits was relevant, Ryan might not be peerless at what he does best, which is writing large gregarious circles around his pitiful colleagues in the field. He's the best lyricist who's not a rapper going. - David Berman (Silver Jews)

Terrific, clever, funny, weird...I think this band is really kind of devastating. - Amanda Petrusich (The New Yorker, * Best of 2018 for Red Bull Radio)

RECENT PRAISE FOR NED COLLETTE:

"Through dappled meadows and twilight forests... this hazy
spellbound folk" - MOJO

One of Australias most talented auteurs... Its less an album than a
love-worn, dog-eared novel in musical form, presented by the best
pensmith youve never heard of...yet. - BANDCAMP (BEST ALBUMS
2018)

Longlisted for the Australian Music Prize 2018

"Old Chestnut is a haunting prog-folk song cycle for the ages... Collette has made a goddamn whale of an album." Byron Coley / Feeding Tube