Five listens, I like. It's a touch Black Keys after they emerged from the basement and headed for the stadiums, but okay then.
I'm now expecting a humongous face-melting centrepiece on the album, with Sturgill basically playing Dance Dance Revolution on all the effects pedals while blazing out dystopian post-psychobilly shred. Would lap up.
Yeah I'm liking it more with each listen atm too, and I was really expecting to be indifferent. I should've known Sturg wouldn't let us down. I wonder what the ballads (if any) are gonna be like.
There's a bass drop in the middle that's going to give my head a wobble after I've FLAC'd the cd, stuck it through my headphone amp/DAC stack and pumped it into my ears via the Fostex cans.
Can't really do this Friday, the ladies have been away at the family caravan since Monday, I could technically swing it but they get get back Fri so going out might take the piss a bit. Next Fri?
So the Highwomen are coming, album due Sept 6th. Big fan of Brandi Carlile and I'm partial to a bit of Amanda Shires too (although she's only recorded one great album imo). Not heard of the other two.
They've done a pretty neat re-imagining of the classic Highwayman track, feat. Yola:
For reference (and deep-down-chills, *EVERYONE'S HERE*):
This was decent too:
The other track released so far, Redesigning Women, is pretty good too. Definitely has a Pistol Annies vibe.
Aye, their Fleetwood Mac covers (there are a few) have been all over my YouTube recommendations this week.
If this is our best chance to get Brandi Carlile over here on tour, I’m all for it. It’s also a good way of getting Maren Morris to sing some decent material – she’s wasted on the MOR ballads she’s been releasing lately.
Love it. Sing Along is still giving, the 'tell 'em to carve my name in the barstool, baby you know I'm gonna be here a while' into nitro boost bass thump is the hotspot for me.
Currently rocking the Sturgill produced Country Squire by Tyler Childers, which finally arrived at the weekend. Short album but packed with quality. Big sound, heavy on the fiddle - a great modern country record.
I haven't checked yet but I think there's new stuff coming from Matt Woods, I noticed him playing a lot of gigs recently, albeit the wrong side of the pond
"I spent years thinking Yorke was legit Downs-ish disabled and could only achieve lucidity through song" - Mr B
These guys came on earlier, caught my ear so stuck the album on, must've been a recommendation I downloaded but hadn't heard yet. Good fun, slightly bluegrassy, and sometimes funky or ska, but good interesting stuff, keeps your ears perked. My mate Charles once described his radio show as "Thinking music, Drinking music, and Dancing with your old lady music" this is mostly the latter and yay
"I spent years thinking Yorke was legit Downs-ish disabled and could only achieve lucidity through song" - Mr B
Man Sturgill's latest continues to be god tier... electro future country... a sound I never knew I needed until Sturg created it. Can't fucking wait for the album.
I do love Sturgill's love for history, he's such a fanboy which endears him to us, because we're all fanboys too
Anyway, this came out last week, Jason Hawk Harris, I've really been enjoying it. Boy really knows how to build a soundscape, and whilst this track doesn't show that off being "just" a ballad, well it is in 6/4 which not everyone does
The hell with it, have a larger song too
So much confidence considering he looks about twelve and this must be his debut. I'll be watching this kid from afar
"I spent years thinking Yorke was legit Downs-ish disabled and could only achieve lucidity through song" - Mr B