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Jack Blackman, Nearly Man. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7.5/10

There are times when you are searching for your roots where it might become possible to miss the lush garden that has been carefully cultivated for you; like a life that has been packaged, presented and adorned, you focus on the rough edges because everything else just looks too neat. The wildness of existence becomes alluring and the energy expended becomes more of a thrill than would arguably be necessary. Looking for the whole rather than the Nearly Man is the persuasive answer.