It’s fitting, then, that this testimonial rhythm would birth from a crooner-come-author such as Hart.
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And like all good country music, NTSH yearns for some sort of redemptive resolve. Similarly, he’s gifted with an almost unnerving plain-speak, wrought with the rough and tumble of crooked Americana. It rumbles in a plaintive prose akin to the mid-tempo reflections of the outlaw country music of yesteryear. There’s a timbre that kicks and spits throughout Gabe Hart’s city-boy-death-knell, NOTHING TO SEE HEREhis new “novelette” (chapbook?).
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Below is my full review of his new book… On NOTHING TO SEE HERE: So Slither Hither Weirdos and Witches and let’s dive deep into the noir universe of Mr. However, his writings have proven to be another inspirational addition to the folklore of an artist I truly admire. It’s true that I’ve been a fan of his music for over a decade. His new “novelette’ NOTHING TO SEE HERE is another entry into his “Anti-Tourism Propaganda” that follows the follies of protagonists Conor and Luna as they adjust to their newfound Desert dwelling. Leaving behind his rollicking Echo Park days and venturing into the writer’s world as a newfound desert dweller. Hart, the main reveler in the neo-noir rock’n’roll gang, JAIL WEDDINGS, chats about his recent exodus into the high desert.
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Our guest on this episode of The PRAGMAGICK Cast, GABRIEL HART believes “Saudade” is the essence of the creative process, and I couldn’t agree more. Moreover, it often carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing might never return.” “SAUDADE”, a Portuguese term that, according to Wikipedia, is “ a deep emotional state of nostalgic or profound melancholic longing for an absent something or someone that one loves.
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