Sunday, June 11, 2023

Sleepy Sunday Mood Music

New Isbell just dropped, and I can't think of many better ways to spend a Sunday than by digging deep into it. 

Rolling Stone calls Weathervanes "a brutally beautiful songwriting peak". Pitchfork gave it a 7.5, and notes the record's "sun-bleached vibe". Axios says it's an "album that resembles one of Isbell's live shows, where he often turns the room over to his bandmates." 

I've heard most of the songs at least once. There's resignation, and wisdom, and anger mixed with sadness ("Save the World" was written about the Uvalde massacre), and Isbellian wordsmithing. We'll start you off with Middle of the Morning, which is when I'll roll out of bed and start digging in.

11 comments:

Whitney said...

https://uproxx.com/indie/jason-isbell-interview-weathervanes-scorsese-killers-of-the-flower-moon/

Whitney said...

Look at the A’s!

rob said...

what has two thumbs and made $142 on a flier bet on nick taylor? this guy.

rootsminer said...

Hi Gheorghies.

Danimal said...

nice goin rob. i rarely watch the non-major finishes with some exception but tuned into yesterday's action a few holes prior to the regulation finish. glad i did.

rob said...

had a physical this morning. prime specimen, it turns out, though i'm supposed to cut back on my coffee and alcohol intake. not likely, that. was very, very happy to learn that blood analysis technology has advanced to the point where more, ahem, invasive inspection of the prostate function is no longer necessary.

Danimal said...

wasn't Theranos hopefully.
and look at rootsy goin real deep this morning!

yesterday served as an impromptu sunday half-drunk w/ a buddy of mine getting a hole-in-one at local spot. anyone within the confines were on full scholarship.

zman said...

Danimal is the Gheorghie with the best euphemisms.

rootsminer said...

I’m in mountain time zone, so it was only 2am. I had to help my cousin in law finish the borboun.

rob said...

kid who graduated high school with my oldest qualified for the us open out of woodmont (pretty crazy up and down to get one of the final two spots in a playoff: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/06/05/us-open-qualifier-woodmont-cc/). he won the acc title this year as a junior at wake forest. pretty cool local angle for the open.

rob said...

my kid was legit jumping around the room during the fourth quarter tonight. fun to have her get a little taste of being a lunatic fan.