"Even if you are not humming them, you just need to hear one note of them and you know it is Josh Preston." ~ Common Folk Meadow (Germany)
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"Like the best country music, Preston weaves vivid tales of sorrow and heartache while espousing hard-learned truths." ~ Record Dept. Music Reviews
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"Ease your way into the weekend with some well scripted laments delivered right on cue." ~ You Crazy Dreamers
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"Josh Preston is a very talented singer / songwriter." ~ Bruce Von Stiers of bvsreviews.com
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"Preston... back where music all began for him." ~ Bangor Daily News
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"Josh harkens back to the singer-songwriter days of Simon & Garfunkel and John Lennon." ~ Rock Is Life
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"Built upon a solemn vocal tone and an intricate arrangement of sound, Josh Preston’s third full-length recording "Exit Sounds" is a breathy whisper of turmoil along a wasted waterfront of the heart. " ~ Metro Spirt (Augusta, GA)
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"Preston placed himself in the arc of usually British guitar troubadours that has people like Ralph McTell and Roy Harper on the folky end, Richard Thompson on the rockier one, and John Martyn, Nick Drake, and Preston himself somewhere in the middle." ~ Vintage Guitar Magazine
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"Preston draws from a singer-songwriter tradition as simple, sturdy and solemn as a 100-year-old tree." ~ MassLive.com
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"Exit Sounds is a quiet and moody affair... led by his strummed and finger-picked acoustic guitar and it all supports Preston's slightly gruff tenor." ~ Allmusic.com
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"Preston’s greatest strength lies in his voice and in his intelligent lyricism." ~ Southeast Performer
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"Preston is a master of cinematic lyrics as he paints vivid pictures by way of plaintive lyrics and buoyant melodies delivered with understated fervor." ~ Minor 7th
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"Exit Sounds is an extremely impressive album from a solo artist who deserves to be well known." ~ CosmosGaming
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"Josh Preston writes poetic songs he sings subdued, with sophisticated arrangements." ~ Moors Magazine (The Netherlands)
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"He sings like he's crying while conjuring poetic visuals at the same time."~ MightFX
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"Preston has a sharper sensibility than the typical singer-songwriter.." ~ Blogcritics
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"Preston's guitar work is excellent on this album, sharp and melodic." ~ The Trades
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"The throaty, heart-wrenching hooks on Josh Preston’s Exit Sounds are as plentiful and long as…well, as his beard." ~ The Deil Magazine (Nashville)
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"Mr. Preston's songs sound like an odd cross between a more accessible Sufjan Stevens and a soft folkie version of Bob Pollard (Guided By Voices)." ~ LMNOP.com
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"Nashvillian, Josh Preston is a dude that if given the opportunity could win over a lot of hearts...." ~ captainsdead.com
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