3.5 stars out of 5 -- "POST-WAR brings a welcome grandeur to Ward's honeyed rasp and nimble guitar picking.", 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "His smoky, seductive warble recalls Devendra Banhart and a less-grizzled Tom Waits...", 4 stars out of 5 -- "POST-WAR addresses a world in flux, by turns nostalgic and bitter....He sounds newly liberated on 'Chinese Translation' and a Neko Case-abetted cover of Daniel Johnston's 'To Go Home'...", "There is a lustrous but low-key grace to the arrangements....Ward's talents have never been more persuasively showcased." -- Grade: A, "The subtle ebb and flow of POST-WAR makes for the most mature and cohesive set of songs in Ward's catalog.", Ranked #38 in Spin's "The 40 Best Albums of 2006" -- "Ward's tender folk ballads...get to the heart of both tragedy and optimism.", "Mixing guarded, eerie vocals with strummed, old-time folk and blues orchestrations, M. Ward is part Wyoming cowpoke...", "In his attic, Ward also discover a few other treasures. With the warm, bashful smile of a man who likes to share, he dusts them off, makes them shine, and hands them over to the listener.", Ranked #10 in Entertainment Weekly's "Top 10 Records Of 2006" -- "Ward's drowsy vocals and acoustic fingerpicking now ring clear as a mountaintop stream.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "It's a rich, bright sounding record, albeit etched with Ward's lyrical ruefulness and voice of crumbling, lugubrious regret."
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