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ALBUM REVIEW: With ‘Fondness, Etc.,’ Shakey Graves Reembraces His Lo-Fi Roots

By John Amen

Alejandro Rose-Garcia, a.k.a. Shakey Graves, launched his career in 2011 with the DIY exemplar, Roll the Bones. His next album, And the War Came, crept toward higher production values, still toeing a lo-fi line. With Can’t Wake Up, Graves constructed a well-produced, fully instrumented, and rock-leaning sequence, and showcased his gift for sonic texturing. With 2023’s Movie of the Week, he further experimented with studio options and, in terms of songcraft, forged his most eclectic

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