Ode to Joy

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  2019

  James

  More like Ode To Barely Holding On During Impossible Times. The songs move slowly and quietly, but there’s tension inside every arrangement. Drums often sound distant or restrained, giving the guitars and pianos an unsettled amount of space around them. Jeff Tweedy writes less about revelation than endurance—trying to remain emotionally available despite sounding exhausted. The album’s calmness feels hard-earned. Not a widely held opinion, but OTJ is the most consistent and fully realized Wilco album since A Ghost Is Born.