“The Kentucky-born, Nashville-bred, and Paris-based country messenger’s first LP under his new name isn't a comeback—it’s a recalibration firing on all cylinders. The album’s only imperfection is that it ends.”
“Sturgill Simpson’s outstanding album under a new stage name expertly balances cosmic and outlaw country and reintroduces himself as the premier Nashville outsider.”
“The offbeat pseudonym belongs to Sturgill Simpson, American country’s most singular star, for whom five albums under one name is enough (he has actually issued seven, two being old songs recast in bluegrass style). His new guise proves deeply ironic, as opener Swamp of Sadness makes clear, with most of the other numbers similarly cast under a pall of heartache, anguish and regret. Nakedly autobio”
“Recorded under his Johnny Blue Skies moniker, the Nashville maverick’s latest is some of his deepest music yet”
