“The fourth album from the country outlaw is another left-turn with synth-rock at its scuzziest, boogie-rock at its cheesiest, all held together by Simpson’s fearless songwriting.”
“Songs will accompany anime film by Batman Ninja creators”
“Of late, any number of pop artists – Gaga, Miley, Justin Timberlake – have made country-adjacent albums, perhaps as rootsy succour in difficult times, or perhaps as heartland-courting endeavours for the Trumpian era. Country singer Sturgill Simpson, meanwhile, won a Grammy for his last record, A Sailor’s Guide to Earth (2016), which champed at the bit of the genre, employing retro soul heroes the ”
“Sturgill Simpson's rock experimentation on Sound & Fury sometimes goes over well; other times it goes awfully awry.”
