The Official Country Music Thread Genre • Page 47

Jilette Johnsons new album All I Ever See In You Is Me came out today. It was produced by Dave Cobb, so if you are a fan of the stuff he has been involved in this might be worth checking out.

 

So this is apropos of nothing, but - does anyone ever get the feeling the only reason Hank Williams Jr ever had a career was because of his name? Maybe I'm just biased because it's impossible for me to separate his idiotic drunken MUH GUNS AND MUH RUHLIGEN persona from his music, especially since it's so often the subject of his songs, but, I don't know.

I've never really enjoyed anything he's done, even the supposed classics that came before he got super Tea Party bullshit about everything. Just always sounded like cheap, lazy music that didn't have a shred of the heart or sincerity of guys like Waylon, Cash, Willie, etc.

 

I really like this new Tyler Childers album but man I do not like the opening song at all

 

okay so im listening to this now at Craig's rec, and i was kind of skeptical, so thanks, thatll keep me listening.

 

Just got the vinyl in the mail, haven't listened to the stream yet. Excited to hear.

 

Yeah hopefully you did keep going. If so, what were your thoughts?

 

i got halfway through, enjoyed it but wasnt in the mood for country, went back to listening to the new manorch record.

 

How come, out of curiosity?

 

Wrote about the Tyler Childers record, if you want to know more about why I dig it!

Tyler Childers - Purgatory • chorus.fm

 

Ummmm I'm not really sure I can explain it, I'm not a wordsmith like yourself when it comes to talking about music. Just something about it bugs me.

 

This Childers album is great. The one-two "love song/break-up song" punch of Feathered Indians and Tattoos is what sold me on it and then I was all in.

 

Yeah, the pairing of those two tracks really elevates them both.

 

First Listen: David Rawlings, 'Poor David's Almanack'

 

That whole first verse of "Feathered Indians" is just great:
My buckle makes impressions on the inside of her thigh
There are little feathered Indians where we tussled through the night
If I'd known she was religious than I wouldn't have come stoned
To the house of such an angel; too fucked up to get back home

Also, "Universal Sound" is a great song.

 

Probably not the popular opinion but Dave Rawling's Cumberland Gap is my favorite Cumberland Gap released this year.

 

The Rawlings record was good, but I'd take Isbell's "Cumberland Gap" no question. Feel like Isbell's is way more potent and timely.

 

I think I agree that I would take the Isbell record over the Rawlings record though it's still kind of early to say for sure, but I for sure like Rawlings Cumberland Gap better. I'm not sure why but ever since Isbell first released it as a single I've just never cared for it, and after spending more time with the album it may be the song I like the least on the album. Can't really say exactly why though.

 

I think it could do with a little less muddy production, but that's really my only issue with it.

I don't think he will, but I kind of hope Isbell works with a different producer for his next record. Cobb is great and I love 90% of the records he produces, but I think it's time.

 

Completely agree if for no other reason than just to change things up a bit.

 

I'm sure he could make great records with Cobb forever, but another producer might be able to unlock something new in his sound or something. I'd be excited to hear that.

 

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it yet but Turnpike Troubadours are releasing a new album in October.

I wasn't expecting a new album so soon

 

Turnpike Troubadours are the bomb. That last record is one of the best country albums of the decade so far, easily.

 

truth.

 

oh and speaking of Isbell, I somehow never picked up on the fact that "Chaos & Clothes" is about Ryan Adams until just recently??