"Sadness may be the easiest emotional current to pick up on in his songs, but Smith's expressive range was as wide as it was subtle; his music could be angry, funny, hopeful, and despondent, often at the same time." ...
"As faixas de 1995 trazem o Elliott de canções cruas e tensas, um folk embalado por sua voz em frágil dueto consigo mesma oscilando entre o sublime e o patético, entre a melancolia suicida e a tristeza vagamente otimista que alguma de suas canções entregavam, apesar de sua fama de depressivo crônico." *suspiro*
"Nearly six years after his death, the emotional transcendence and overall relevance of Elliott Smith’s material remains. From the intimate, lo-fi sounds of Roman Candle to the ornately arranged baroque pop of Figure 8, Smith’s entire catalog sparkles with poignancy and a sort of thoughtful, introspective songwriting rarely matched in its consistency and grace." ...
ele sempre vai ser a melhor companhia.
rest in peace
