Blog: Idolator

Our look at the closing lines of the biggest new-music reviews continues with a roundup of reactions to Way To Normal , the new album by ivory-tinkling ironist and Nick Hornby collaborator Ben Folds: • "Maybe the tumble in Japan jarred something loose in Folds' fecund brain. This is the first album where his artistry seems fully realized, both in terms of subject matter and performance. Witty, balanced and highly charged." [ Paste ] • "It would be fitting if Folds never found his way to [...]