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  "Born Alone Die Alone" begins with this pleasant acoustic guitar sound that will draw you in, but as it kicks in to the chorus even you can feel it becoming heavier but still remaining acoustic.  There was a time in the mid to late 1990's when artists tried to be heavy while remaining mostly acoustic, but they didn't quite do it like this.  JBNG also has these distinct vocals, gritty and full of bass like Tom Waits but not exactly, which certainly help to make this feel as if it is heavier than perhaps it is if just the music was here. The idea of both being born alone and dying alone are theories which I do not feel are ever discussed enough.  They always say that when you die "you can't take it with you" meaning all of your physical possessions, but at the same time, you're not taking other people with you.  It is that sad fact of life that when we die, life will go on without us.  We will be excluded.  Thus, we go out alone. Through this a...