But even though the songs on Gold Brick were written over a six-year period, they work remarkably well as a unified whole.  Full text...

The folk-rock instrumentation is energetically scruffy and provides drive; the melodies are immediately grabbing; the lyrics are generally straightforward with memorable catch phrases; and his Welsh trill gives the singing plenty of passionate expression.  Full text...

It’s a little hard to believe that Gold Brick is only Langford’s fourth proper solo record, but that said, it’s his most complete, fully realized, and best solo record to date.   Full text...

Gold Brick is Jon Langford as his most introspective, with a tenderness to the music that is not typical for this normally hard-driving rocker.  Full text...

Now Langford has gone ahead and made a great straight-ahead, no-frills, normal-sounding rock record.  Full text...

Possibly inspired by being reunited with Neil Cooper of Reach Out International Records, who released the Mekons' New York album in 87, Gold Brick features what is perhaps Langford's most accomplished set of tracks to date.  Full text...

"Gold Brick" (ROIR) sounds like Langford's most settled album.  Full text...