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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.
Compared to the industry standard, A Sailor’s Guide feels at least five years too early. Artists spend decades working up to the level of instrumental variety and emotional awareness that Simpson seems to comprehend at his core.
Made in the wake of the end of a long relationship, it’s an intimate, after-dark record that exudes the toughness and femininity of Janet Jackson circa Control and Annie Lennox on DIVA, exerts the classic songwriting of Kate Bush.