Contemporary country with classic country sensibilities -- real stories of love and woe. Produced by Sturgill Simpson and David Ferguson and recorded at The Butcher Shoppe in Nashville.
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.
"A sleazy, steamy rock 'n' roll record" - Simpson. The psychotic "soundtrack" that accompanies Simpson's rock anime of the same name. Best thing Neil Young never did!
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.
American Heartbreak is my effort at trying to explain what being a 26 year old man in America is like. There's love, loss, revelry, resentment, and forgiveness all wrapped into one piece of work.
This 45th Anniversary 'Deluxe' edition compiles the original studio album together with a bonus album containing the complete Essential Logic studio recordings from 1978 - 1983