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James Yuill: Turning Down Water For Air

May 29, 2009, 3:29pm

James Yuill: Turning Down Water For Air British singer/songwriter James Yuill's 2007 sophomore release finally gets released in America via the Nettwerk Music Group. Yuill's songwriting is melancholic acoustic folk. On its own that would make me not want to listen to this album at all, but Yuill puts a twist on the ordinary. He mixes his natural genre with downtempo and electronica making his music more comparable to bands like Air or the Postal Service. The result is an album that although sad is also extremely listenable. "Left Handed Girl" begins with the line [...]

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