Produced by Jeff Tweedy, the singer-songwriter’s latest album is limber, breezy, and full of joy.
The album proves that McMurtry’s nearly peerless ability to tear our hearts out with a good yarn hasn’t waned a bit.
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Close Ties tells the story of a life, and it does so unflinchingly.
It’s hard to call to mind another contemporary artist who so deftly employs sheer balls-out guitar skill as St. Vincent.
Sex and Gasoline is topical and fiercely intelligent in a way that few modern country albums are.
Classical allusions notwithstanding, there’s not a trace of pretense in Crowell’s writing.