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Pitchfork reviews Liam Finn's "I'll Be Lightning"

Liam's no snotty punk, but there is also a welcome looseness to songs such as "Better To Be", "Lead Balloon", "This Place is Killing Me", and even the lopsided ballad "Wide Awake On the Voyage Home" or the wistful "Second Chance". These songs are neat but not tidy, coming across a bit bashed out despite the conspicuously perfect placement of all their parts. And that's where Liam's relationship (both literally and figuratively) to his father really comes to the fore. Liam is just 24. At that age, Neil had yet to leave Split Enz and strike out on his own, yet here's his son who already seems to have absorbed a career's worth of musical lessons in half the time. Dad must be pretty proud, but at the same time, one can only imagine he's keeping a close competitive eye on the kid.

-Joshua Klein, Pitchfork

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