When it comes to Tyler Childers, it's tempting to read too much into album titles. Purgatory, his 2017 debut, did tend to hang suspended between the poles separating country and Americana, having its roots inflections feel spectral.
Tyler Childers is the finest songwriter to emerge from the Bluegrass State since Chris Knight and should be mentioned in the same breath as Fifth on the Floor, Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton, as a leader of the renaissance of Kentucky music.
Cory Hanson strips country and psych down to raw, widescreen guitar on Western Cum LP; searing leads, drifting steel and the bruising opener "Wings" anchoring eight bold tracks.
Ryan Bingham returns with They Call Us the Lucky Ones, a road-worn ten-song LP tracked mostly live with The Texas Gentlemen; grit, short stories and a weathered voice.