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Bartees Strange, 'Heavy Heart'

With urgent drums, layers of guitar riffs and celebratory horns, "Heavy Heart" is a testament to Bartees' ability to build an intricate and expansive song that doesn't sacrifice its emotional core.
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's debut album, 2020's , was a result of hard work — a decade spent working various nonprofit and political gigs — paying off. An eclectic triumph of a record, landed him on several year-end best-of lists and even earned him a performance on .

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