Country music album reviews from Holler.
Abundant with the Devon-bred artist’s graceful guitar stylings and rainy-day lilt, The Living Kind is a lush expanse of delicate strings, pillowy beats and atmospheric harmonies, all sweeping and swirling across ten tracks.
The only complaint for the collection is the necessity for more, but isn’t that the plight of super heroes? Their work is never done.
Like the Blue Northers that occasionally sweep down the Midwest, the album is jarring in its power and rousing in its resolve. Still, in the end, it feels all too much.
Separating this deeply personal work from his beloved tenure on Yellowstone is no easy feat, but across 13 tracks, Grimes begins to introduce an even more memorable character: himself.
The album may, at times, come off as antiquated, but Desperado Troubadours – just like Sawyer Brown themselves – is far from obsolete.
Grown is not a frothy coming-of-age tale but a sharp, mature introspection from an emerging talent committed to the truth.
