Not everything needs analyzing as some Dylanesque moment or being viewed as an “intentional left turn” for the sake of proving some great point. I suspect Sturgill just makes the album he wants to make — whatever music moves him at that point in time. Plenty of artists have side-projects or alternate bands to explore other musical personas, Sturgill just stuck with his own name. But so have others. I remember in the 90’s when Beck went from Odelay > Mutations > Midnight Vultures. That was a fun ride. Miles Davis did his share of genre jumping/creating. Nick Cave has leaped about. It happens...
Just listening now on tidal Last Horse in Town is much too noisy for old people like me But I can imagine just how good that noisy song would sound live Otherwise I think the sound of the record is just fine I don’t think young musicians should be criticised for making different sounding records or for making similar sounds As long as what they are doing is true to themselves and continue to make records that don’t consider their audience or money as the justification for making them
Just bought the LP. The edge itself is rough to the touch and little slivers of vinyl were still dangling from the edge. My RCM is broken so I don't dare play it until I can clean it properly.
Where did that come from. I had him down as a well-mannered sitter on the country/rock fence capable of medium-paced Americana. I didn't realise he could do that. It's exciting when an artist does something different, but I just can't think of anything as brilliantly different as this.
I was just reading the liner notes on the inside sleeve of the vinyl. It's cool to see he co-wrote a song with John Prine (track #4, "A Good Look").
It will be interesting to see if this is a one off or a true stylistic shift. Beck has always been a pastiche artist ala Tarantino jumping from one genre/theme ironically to another, that’s what (em)powers him. Cave essentially does Cave: ironic Brechtian singer songwriter, not a lot of genre variance but drama intensity variances. Miles is whole another league, seeing the big picture compositional evolutions and patterns of his times, but he also wasn’t trying to write 3-5 minute pop/rock/country tunes.
How bout the "F**K YOUR SPEAKERS" written between the credits and the Elektra records logo?? Love it!!
Wow, just started listening to it. Holy ****. I dont think I'll be listening to anything else for the next week at least...4 songs in, I'm blown away. This guy is for real. God Bless him for going where the music's taking him.
2 listens in and really digging it. Listened to the vinyl as well, good sound and a nice pressing overall. It did seem to have a bit of surface noise but it was difficult to detect since most of the album is quite loud and layered.
I'm a huge fan of Sturgill and absolutely love this new release.He just keeps moving forward with his music and that's to me not something many in music do. This is such a cool song,sounds like Pink Floyd recording in Nashville with George Jones. Maybe they should have added this as a bonus track to please the die hard Country fans Sturgill Simpson - The Dead Don't Die [Official Video]
Great album, love it. Have the vinyl at home so looking forward to getting that played next weekend. Sounds like a continuation from the Sugar Daddy track he did for the Vinyl series a couple of years back.
Ahhh, I genuinely thought you were saying he had a t-shirt with “Not suitable for the Steve Hoffman forum” on it
Finally cleaned and spun the LP four times. Love it. Very American and as my Finnish wife points out "dripping testosterone" (she really likes it too)... "Fastest Horse in Town" is the best thing he's ever done imho.
Just listened/watched it on Netflix. It is not fully my cap of tea, but a good record indeed. Very, very listenable! Never thought it was a country! My wife digs it even more then me )). But video is absolutely mesmerizing, and works so well together... Sound is horribly compressed, wonder is vinyl version is better...
