David Schwartz

Exquisitely and achingly beautiful. Four songs in and I began sobbing. "Exile" is an emotional powerhouse equal to any lost love ballad I've ever experienced. "Hoax" is simply devastating, ending this set and leaving this listener fulfilled yet utterly emptied. There is lyrical imagery here reminiscent of Van Morrison, perhaps the highest songwriting compliment I can imagine. These songs are instant classics, and as classics do, they will be around for a long, long time. These are the songs that Taylor Swift was born to write,