The Sun is Shinin', but it's Rainin Now. - Music For America

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The Sun is Shinin', but it's Rainin Now. - Music For America: "The House of Love - Gotta Be That Way - The album isn't entirely a departure into Beatlesesque pop though. Gotta Be That Way is a bit more classic HoL. Terry Bickers almost humed vocals communicate a perfect mix of acceptance and despair. It's an optimistic song about the end of optimism. Faith in the loss of faith. We'll even contemplate prayer at this point. And the guitars ring out in hallelujah."

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"Both recast Bickers in the image of guitar deity a la Johnny Marr or John Perry, while the prodigal one also excels on the sublimely moody "Gotta Be That Way". Delicious and lovelorn, it's driven by Bickers' dark brown baritone strafeing and close-miked harmonies. Really rather lovely."