It doesn't do to prejudge these things, but the five stars at the top of this review were in place within a few minutes of Punch Brothers easing into their opening number, Movement and Location.
A song about baseball, it exuded restrained instrumental mastery, keen vocal expression with a startling variety of colour, a rarefied sense of dynamics and an all-round feeling of wellbeing. And then things got even better.
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