{"id":4859,"date":"2016-06-06T11:59:44","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T15:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=4859"},"modified":"2016-06-27T13:02:47","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T17:02:47","slug":"sturgill-simpson-a-sailors-guide-to-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/sturgill-simpson-a-sailors-guide-to-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Sturgill Simpson <br>A Sailor\u2019s Guide to Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/sturgill_simpson-a_sailors_guide.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4860\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/sturgill_simpson-a_sailors_guide.jpg\" alt=\"Sturgill Simpson, A Sailor's Guide to Earth\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/sturgill_simpson-a_sailors_guide.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/sturgill_simpson-a_sailors_guide-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>There\u2019s a lot of enjoyable music on Sturgill Simpson\u2019s <i>A Sailor\u2019s Guide to Earth<\/i> (Atlantic Records), but what\u2019s perhaps most notable is the lack of roots music. That\u2019s not really fair, of course, but Simpson made a big splash with the Saving Country Music crowd as a much-needed successor to Waylon, Willie, and the boys. His last record, <i>Metamodern Sounds in Country Music<\/i>, took pains to confound traditionalist expectations, but still provided plenty of throwback thrills. With this newest release, though, all bets are off, and it\u2019s clear that Simpson\u2019s only going to make the music he wants to hear. You have to wonder if he\u2019s making a statement when the most \u201ctraditional\u201d sounding track on the record is a Nirvana cover (\u201cIn Bloom\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>In a scant 40 minutes, Simpson reveals nine different places he\u2019s willing to follow his instinct and influences in as many tracks. But most often what bubbles to the surface are strains of Southern rock. \u201cSea Stories\u201d is straight from The Black Crowes\u2019 playbook; \u201cBrace for Impact (Live a Little)\u201d mixes in a little more Stevie Ray; and \u201cCall to Arms\u201d is a raging, anti-military boogie-woogie blues, like Hank Jr. with a badass horn section. Those horns, The Dap Kings, pop up all over the album. Sometimes they overwhelm the rest of the song (I\u2019d like to hear a more stripped-down version of \u201cKeep It Between the Lines\u201d), but in every case they\u2019re entertaining in their own right.<\/p>\n<p>Most enjoyable are the tracks that really lean in to Sturgill\u2019s love for R&amp;B. In interviews, he\u2019s mentioned Marvin Gaye as a big influence. That never translates directly, but you can hear it in the tender phrasing of his singing on the wistful ballads \u201cOh Sarah\u201d and \u201cBreakers Roar.\u201d On \u201cWelcome to Earth (Pollywog)\u201d and \u201cAll Around You,\u201d though, he finds a sweet spot at the intersection of Charlie Rich and Al Green, where the horns and strings lay it on thick and groovy and Sturgill\u2019s voice is at its richest, full of pain and bravado. This record will not satisfy those who are looking for country music\u2019s savior, but those who are on the Sturgill Simpson bandwagon for the long haul will remember this as one of many surprising and satisfying stops along the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a lot of enjoyable music on Sturgill Simpson\u2019s <i>A Sailor\u2019s Guide to Earth<\/i>, but what\u2019s perhaps most notable is the lack of roots music. 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