Part of the Light by Ray LaMontagne

Part of the Light, Ray LaMontagne's seventh album, came out on RCA on May 18, 2018, and it's a record in no hurry at all. The New Hampshire songwriter, who quit his day job after waking to Stephen Stills' "Treetop Flyer" on his clock radio, lets these songs drift and hover, his weathered, smoky voice floating over hazy, slow-burning arrangements. Critics have long reached for Van Morrison, Nick Drake and Tim Buckley when describing him, and here the Drake side of that equation wins out.

"Such a Simple Thing" led the way as the first single, gentle and wide open. Reviews were generally warm, adding up to an average score of 74 on Metacritic. It sits between Ouroboros and Monovision.

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