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kicks off
with its title track, a loose-limbed country-rocker that recalls
at his
peak -- both in how it sounds and feels and also how it tips its hat to the past without being beholden to it.
favors the dusty Bakersfield roads paved by
but also will venture down a path that leads to Texas honky tonk and tejano and, most welcomingly, will also take a scenic route that brings him through the deep Southern soul of Memphis. He decorates the record with layers of thick guitars -- they pick out riffs and smear the surroundings with slide -- and while this twang is grabbing, the focus is always on the songs and how
delivers them. He's a relaxed singer, easing into the songs and letting them breathe, underselling his wry jokes ("Food Stamps" is funny without sneering) and finding soul within his heartbroken ballads. There's nothing flashy here, just good, strong country, the kind that never goes out of style. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine