I don't have anything against Daughn Gibson, but it seemed perfectly clear that he was directly influenced by the success of Dirty Beaches (Dirty Beaches having been around as a project since 2008.) I'm not sure how the initial reviewer- who gave the record an 8.1, mind you- only one tenth of a point below Badlands itself, managed to write a review- for Pitchfork- that failed to make the comparison, but at least they are showing some interest in revising their omission, this paragraph is from the always bitter sweet "Overlooked Albums of 2012" list:
Stop me if you've heard this one before: attractive rocker type goes off by himself, inhales the more Lynchian sonic strains of American noir, sings (and, sometimes, hollers) over the whole thing, and subsequently creates an evocation of past sounds. The story of ex-Pearls and Brass drummer and current trucking industry employee Daughn Gibson carries likenesses to fellow Americana-fixated songwriter Alex Huang Hungtai's Dirty Beaches project, but it's the scope of the Pennsylvania-based artist's vision that sets him apart. (PITCHFORK)
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