Son Volt

US first press 2021. Record plays EX.
Jay Farrar still doing his thing, thirty years on from Uncle Tupelo and still allergic to writing a bad chorus. Electro Melodier is modern Americana done right - dusty guitars, world-weary vocals, and lyrics about love, loss and the state of the union (usually all at once). It’s not flashy, it’s just quietly brilliant. The kind of record you throw on thinking you’ll play a song or two and then suddenly it’s side B and the kettle’s cold. FFO: Wilco, Drive-By Truckers, Jason Isbell, Steve Earle, Richmond Fontaine