The Texas singer-songwriter’s latest LP indeed is a gem – infused with slow country, prog rock, southern gospel-soul, the folk and ‘70s psych-rock, with more than a dash of Neil Young, slide guitar and geographical reference. Recorded at the Quonset hut studio the 40-year-old singer-songwriter and guitarist built about 600 feet from his house in the Texas Hill Country, you’d think this might be a pared down lockdown release, but there’s plenty here to create a big sound. First track Dividing Lines even has a flavour of Pink Floyd about it with that Dave Gilmour-style solo opening and huge-voice female backing singers, bulked up as the track swells with a horn section. Second track Closer is a folkier number with faint echoes of early Genesis mixed with country, with Down in the County has a fuller southern-soul feel. At the heart of the album are the epic tracks, Canyonheart and Indiana, where the Neil Young influence comes to fore. But from start to finish, particularly with Sutherland Springs and the more socio-political Pressure to close, this is strong, stirring album filled with emotions over a sense of vast space, just like his home county. Out on Loose Music.
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