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“His spare, direct lyrics could rend any heart in two.”

“His quavering voice sings spectral poetry over delicately picked strings…”

With Muteson’s quavering tenor aided by the delicate production of Sigurðsson, En Garde plays out a spellbinding and hauntingly evocative fairytale of emotions of one man’s imagination.

It’s really a tremendously warm and uplifting listen, blessed with just divine orchestration from Muhly, and recommended to lovers of timeless songcraft everywhere.

With delicate verse, poignant string arrangements and soft piano solos, the music of Puzzle Muteson explores one single man’s fears and feelings in an honest and affecting manner.

If you appreciate a timid acoustic tranquility depicted by a frail-sounding songster, this is definitely a compelling release

There is plenty to enjoy and marvel at on Puzzle Muteson’s debut full-length

En Garde is another essential work from the always interesting Bedroom Community

The poignancy of this record has the ability to move and reduce many to tears of sheer emotion.

It’s subtle, it’s an ambient floating cloud drifting from your viewpoint ever so slowly, it is understatingly beautiful and it swells around you until the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.

...beautiful, bizarre and completely original.

...an utterly beguiling record….En Garde deserves all the plaudits heading its way; an etheral folk album for us musical escapists to really immerse ourselves in. Gorgeous stuff.

The tone of what’s said is just as—if not more—important as what is actually being said, and Muteson gives his work over to an organic development that unabashedly embraces a natural and emotional aesthetic.

His spare, direct lyrics could rend any heart in two.

His quavering voice sings spectral poetry over delicately picked strings…