Jesus Christ, someone else post something. Anything.
The new Sturgill album, as someone posted earlier (80?), seems pretty gratuitous. I grew up on traditional bluegrass, and have an excellent knowledge of it, so I can pretty well sniff out efforts like this that are just made for the maker. Yes, he has an all star bluegrass band around him, but that doesn’t make up for the total lack of authenticity. This is a Nashville pet project.
For that matter, and don’t pitchfork me too badly, but so were both the Cuttin Grass albums. Great traditional bluegrass, yeah. But having any meaning, for what it is? Not so much. Just (really well) repurposed versions of existing songs.
His first four albums, on the other hand, were violently original. Each album stands alone as a masterpiece that has no real comparators. And let me emphasize that Sound and Fury was a rock n roll masterpiece, and maybe his best album, even if he hates it now.
Wish he would get back to that - throwing us for a loop. Remember the first time you heard Metamodern Sounds? That’s what I’m talking about. But hey, I’ll listen to basic *****, pre-intentioned pseudo bluegrass anytime. Better than the alternative.