The Official Country Music Thread Genre • Page 112

Same. I think they changed hands maybe a year and a half ago, and they've kind of turned into an amateurish blog since then. My guess is they aren't paying writers as much as they used to!

 

To me, especially lyrically, "Peace" is too painful to be the ending. Despite the title, it's a song about deep doubts that things can ever be okay. You need the exhale of "Hoax". "No other sadness in the world could do."

Yeah we're going to fuck each other up, but I've accepted that. It's worth the trade-off.

It's her most well-thought-out sequencing in a career full of it.

 

Somehow we’re in the wrong thread!

There’s definitely pain and fear in “peace,” but I hear it ultimately as hopeful. Maybe that’s a misread, but it just sounds so welcoming and warm from a sonic perspective that the sense I’m left with is “things aren’t going to be easy, but we’re going to make a go at it together.”

 

I...don't know how that happened? Mobile, man. Haha

 

i've barely ever read saving country music, is it not good? only thing i've ever really heard is that the guy who runs it is kind of a dick.

 

He's not a very good writer and is pretty demonstrably a shitty dude, but occasionally surfaces good music that might otherwise go overlooked.

 

The arrogance is right there in the name of his blog

 

Craig pretty much nailed it.

 

highly recommend Honey Harper's album entitled "Starmaker".

Incredibly lush alt-country stuff

 

Saw this Kree Harrison album pop up on one or two EOTY country lists and am really enjoying it

 

She was on American Idol, right?

 

Yeah she was the runner up I think

 

Hobo Cartoon is a real fucking treat if anyone's listening to the newest Sturgill.

Merle Haggard wrote it on his damn deathbed.

 

Album is decently ok

 

A sterling endorsement.

 

"Forever For A Little While" and "Honey" were really the only ones that stood out; it's not total bro country, but it's not really good country either. Middle ground

 

Been revisiting this Loose Koozies album from earlier this year. Great stuff for a debut.

RIYL: Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, American Aquarium, early Wilco

 

absolutely awful band name but i’ll check it out based on the riyl

 

Probably way late to the party but I saw minimal talk of Parker McCollum. Just got his 2017 (Probably Wrong) and 2015 albums (Limestone Kid) sent my way and absolutely love them. His new ep that came out this year is pretty good too (Hollywood Gold).

 

I know some people in here read/follow/occasionally check Saving Country Music. I'd ask everyone to stop following or supporting that guy in any fashion. Apparently he's been vilifying several female journalists on his website, which has led to some pretty serious/scary harassment of those women from his readers. Here are a few Twitter threads about it, in case anyone wants to learn more. But yeah, totally done with this dude and his site.

 

not just female journalists

 

Yeah the “he sucks but he gives good recs” see-saw eventually has to be tipped by just how much he sucks

 

funny that jason levelled a lot of the same fair accusations against kyle and yet kyle is only focusing on what margo said. hmmmmmm i wonder why that could be. what a mystery.

 

Out today.

 

Posting my 2020 list in here and I've bolded/italicized the country or country adjacent albums on my list that I didn't see much talk about in this thread

1. Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Everyone
2. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
3. Ruston Kelly - Shape & Destroy
4. Katie Pruitt - Expectations
5. Stephanie Lambring - Autonomy
6. Brian Fallon - Local Honey
7. Tyson Motsenbocker - Someday I'll Make It All Up To You
8. Courtney Marie Andrews - Old Flowers
9. Caityln Smith - Supernova
10. 49 Winchester - III
11. Gabe Lee - Honky Tonk Hell
12. Donovan Woods - Without People
13. John Moreland - LP5
14. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Reunions
15. Taylor Swift - Folklore/Evermore
16. Hailey Whitters - The Dream
17. Movements - No Good Left To Give
18. Kelsea Ballerini - Kelsea
19. Ken Yates - Quiet Talkers
20. Field Medic - Floral Prince
21. Ruthie Collins - Cold Comfort
22. Richard Edwards - The Soft Ache and the Moon
23. The Chicks - Gaslighter
24. Lori McKenna - The Balladeer
25. Jeff Crosby - Northstar
26. Will Hoge - Tiny Little Movies
27. Charley Crockett - Welcome To Hard Times
28. Steve Moakler - Blue Jeans
29. Jill Andrews - Thirties
30. Tessy Lou Williams - Tessy Lou Williams