Son Volt fanboy
This week I picked up the new Son Volt album, "The Search," the day it came out, something I haven't done much since I was a nerdy college boy. I'm enjoying the expansiveness of it, particularly this song where Jay Farrar lends his high lonesome voice to a character I know from the old caseload:
I took a night shift another nickel on the dime
Tried to play it straight, make it different this time
Still waiting to meet the next ex-wife
It's either watching these gauges for Monsanto
or a barback job with the casino
The Army won't want me after what this body's been through
Would you take me back, North Carolina
Would you take me back, Arkansas
Blissful days still there to remember
Methamphetamine was the final straw
Son Volt's tour opens in Bellingham March 26, reaching the Showbox in Seattle on March 27. I've got my ticket.
2 Comments:
I'm more of an Uncle Tupelo fan than I am a Son Volt fan, although I do like Son Volt. What do you think of this album?
Jay Farrar desn't sound quite so bummed out on this album, and the new sorts of instrumentation he uses here are mostly a positive addition, like the horms on one track and lots of keyboards all around. I like Uncle Tupelo a lot too; Anodyne is in pretty heavy rotation in my office and car stereos. Farrar and Tweedy together were a good thing.
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