"I’ve been hooked on Nelson’s alluring weirdness; dude looks like the handsome captain of the chess club and presents like an artful, post-ironic provocateur..."

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Jonathan Zwickel

City Arts

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"It takes a lot to stand out as a sensitive singer-songwriter dude — especially after so many decades of homogenized versions of the type...Richie Nelson is up to the challenge. The dapper bandleader has toiled in Seattle’s indie-rock underground for ages, and last year released his debut album, Sea of Dysfunction, under the name Richie Dagger’s Crime. It’s a strange and surprising work of experimental soul-pop, with Nelson’s pliable vocals backed by horns, strings and evocative electronics reminiscent of Vampire Weekend or Bon Iver’s jauntier excursions. This is the new standard and we’re here for it."

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Jonathan Zwickel

Crosscut.

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"...easily one of  the richest, most sonically ambitious listening experiences you’ll get from any Northwest band this year."

Tony Kay
Artist Home

The post-witch-house/dub-tropi-step songs on Collection of Singles (CTPAK Records) cross genres faster than I can type hyphens: One song sounds like a more-psych-loving, less-huggably-beardo Grizzly Bear, another like a post-dubstep version of Radiohead's Kid A touchstone "Idioteque."

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Brittany Fuller

The Stranger