Sturgill Simpson - Sound and Fury 2019 album

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by notesofachord, Sep 11, 2019.

  1. agentalbert

    agentalbert Senior Member

    Location:
    San Antonio, TX
    This album is f****in great!

    Early favorites (and I love the whole thing) are;

    Sing Along
    Make Art Not Friends
    Last Man Standing
    Mercury In Retrograde

    That last one (Mercury) gives me visions of the old animated Heavy Metal movie. I'm seeing horny, pot smoking robots and weirdos cruising through space. Not lyrically, but something about the sound (and the sound of the whole album) seems taylor made for the old Heavy Metal magazine.
     
    Last edited: Sep 27, 2019
  2. ccn103

    ccn103 Senior Member

    Location:
    Mechanicsburg, PA
    Can anyone with the vinyl comment on the pressing/SQ?
     
  3. imsjry

    imsjry Forum Resident

    Location:
    Fond Du Lac, WI
    Saw him in Green Bay, WI on his last tour after falling in love with the "Sailor" album. Wasn't familiar with his earlier work, but let's just say that a large majority of the drunken country-loving audience was NOT having it. There were literal fist fights throughout the show. While not quite Dylan on the '66 tour, it was maybe as close as I'll come to seeing a show with THAT hostile vibe.

    THIS album will push those "old school" fans over the edge and I may stay home from the tour because of it.
     
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  4. Chris DeVoe

    Chris DeVoe RIP Vickie Mapes Williams (aka Equipoise)

    All the truly great albums do, like Kate Bush's The Dreaming.
     
  5. Chris DeVoe

    Chris DeVoe RIP Vickie Mapes Williams (aka Equipoise)

    I downloaded it last night from Google Play Music.
     
  6. agentalbert

    agentalbert Senior Member

    Location:
    San Antonio, TX
    It will be interesting to see how he integrates past material with the new stuff in a live setting.
     
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  7. ermylaw

    ermylaw Forum Resident

    Location:
    Kansas City
    There's very little to connect this new album to Metamodern Sounds. The only connection really is the twang in his voice, but even that is covered by the use of vocal effects throughout the whole album. I think the track Make Art Not Friends is something of a mission statement for him, although the content of that song doesn't seem to address his would-be detractors.
     
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  8. Chris DeVoe

    Chris DeVoe RIP Vickie Mapes Williams (aka Equipoise)

    It's albums like this one that make record company executives actually earn their pay.
     
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  9. Chris DeVoe

    Chris DeVoe RIP Vickie Mapes Williams (aka Equipoise)

    Come on, this is the "Dylan goes electric" of today. Are you going to miss a moment that seminal?
     
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  10. agentalbert

    agentalbert Senior Member

    Location:
    San Antonio, TX
    Yeah. I've been waiting for this to come out so I could make a great compilation CD for the car of his first four albums. But there's no way these tracks play with songs from the prior 3. I can cull enough great tracks from those, and probably finish off the comp with "Dead Don't Die". This album stands alone. And who knows if what comes after it is is even remotely similar? I expect he'll move in some new vein. He could come back with a classic traditional country album. I'm sure he still loves that music, even if he hasn't been inspired to write/perform it as much lately.
     
  11. pdenny

    pdenny 22-Year SHTV Participation Trophy Recipient

    Location:
    Hawthorne CA
  12. Their loss then. I remember that American Bandstand episode where they just watched the Beatles Strawberry Fields promo video. Some in the audience thought they were weird....

    Love when artists take chances and push things.....
     
  13. Was prepared to dislike this from the first single, but it's actually super cool with the vintage keyboards and layered guitars - prog-country? On the 2nd listen now and it's growing - I might end up loving this album even more than the last 2.
     
  14. ralphb

    ralphb "First they came for..."

    Location:
    Brooklyn, New York
    Me too.
    I love this album, but even if I didn't I would have bought it just because it's so in your face and the attitude is so f**k off. Very punk rock and that needs to be supported.:)
     
  15. rob68

    rob68 Senior Member

    Location:
    Michigan
    I'll give it more listens but right now this just sounds like white noise to me.

    I'm so tired of artists going mentally unbalanced, questioning everything in the entire world after a little success and jumping the shark, feeling they should do an album completely opposed to their past work to prove how 'versatile' they are. Just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you should. A lot of this rage is basically brought on by a certain person sitting in a certain white house and he's just not worth it. Think of the big picture and be smart enough to play to your strengths and maintain your sanity all the while.
     
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  16. ralphb

    ralphb "First they came for..."

    Location:
    Brooklyn, New York
    I don't think Simpson was ever big on playing by the rules, and I don't think he's just trying to show how versatile he is. It's obvious he likes this kind of music because he does it so well, and, being a natural contrarian, he just decided to throw a curve. I like that he's confounding his audience, taking a risk with his sound. It indicates an artistically restless soul, which can only be a good thing in the long run.
     
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  17. fourfeathers

    fourfeathers Forum Resident

    Location:
    North America
    Sturgill has always been a country punk in concert, and this album isn't quiiiite as much of a departure as people are making it out to be, at least from an attitude standpoint. Sure, the synths are new, but to me, Sound & Fury just marks the line where his studio arrangements have finally caught up to the loud-ass psychedelic stomp rock he's been playing live since 2015.
     
  18. rob68

    rob68 Senior Member

    Location:
    Michigan
    Maybe this album will make more sense to me in the overview of his whole catalog.

    He's said before that he's only doing 5 albums so the next one should be his last and hopefully it's a straight up lap steel acoustic country affair....for me because I'm old and that's what I want! :D
     
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  19. notesofachord

    notesofachord Riding down the river in an old canoe Thread Starter

    Location:
    Mojave Desert
    So far I've only heard the 30-second samples on Amazon, but I really dig it. Synth funk on some tracks and hard rock on others. Sturgill's great songwriting on top of it all.

    As far as the change in sound/style, one must remember that this album is tied in to an Anime film on Netflix. That has a lot to do with it.
     
  20. 500Homeruns

    500Homeruns Peaceful Punk

    Location:
    Lehigh Valley, PA
    I wonder if we will ever get a live album from Sturgill?
     
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  21. notesofachord

    notesofachord Riding down the river in an old canoe Thread Starter

    Location:
    Mojave Desert
    Let's hope.
     
  22. jewelsnbinoculars

    jewelsnbinoculars Forum Resident

    Location:
    Washington, DC
    After 2 spins, I’m gonna go on a limb and say it’s his best behind Meta Modern. Not in terms of best songs, necessarily. But best cohesive album. It just works, really, really well. I find it more compelling, overall, than Sailor’s Guide (which I ****ing love). And I think it’s been clear for a while that Hightop Mt. sound was never coming back.

    It’s a great follow up to his work so far - a perfect evolution for an artist who clearly is only interested in evolving. So much going in here. Strong 70s hard rock vibes: ZZ Top and T Rex fuzz. But also reminiscent of more modern stuff like Queens of Stone Age. There is also, especially on side 2, a really tasteful influence of 80s style production - how much does Make Art Not Friends sound like the ****ing Cars?

    I’m on board
     
  23. agentalbert

    agentalbert Senior Member

    Location:
    San Antonio, TX
    Has he played any of these songs live?
     
  24. jeffsab

    jeffsab Forum Resident

    Location:
    Portland, OR
    Me too. This is a great album. Just ordered the vinyl.
     
  25. Ernest T

    Ernest T Forum Resident

    Location:
    Illinois
    This one sounds like Southern Rock:righton:

     
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