POP MATTERS: Valerie June – “Shakedown” (Singles Going Steady)
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POP MATTERS: Valerie June – “Shakedown” (Singles Going Steady)

12 Jan POP MATTERS: Valerie June – “Shakedown” (Singles Going Steady)

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Adriane Pontecorvo: Valerie June brings us a gospel that speaks in tongues and gets down and dirty on “Shakedown”. A bluesy twang gives her folk sounds grit while June sings up a storm and unfettered keyboards rock without getting slick. If you’re not catching serious spirit, listen again and again and again: the simplicity is catching, and one listen isn’t enough. This is music that wakes the whole body, with knee slaps and hand claps all implied. This is a song made to shake the sins from your skin and your skin from your bones, and it’s got some heavy grooves. [8/10]
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