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Sound Advice: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit "Weathervanes"

Sound Advice: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit "Weathervanes"

The singer-songwriter returns with one of his strongest releases yet. We also take a look at the latest from Sweeping Promises and Veruca Salt's Louise Post.

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Longtime readers may recall that I reviewed 100 new (to me) records last year. Because I’m a glutton for punishment love music, I’m doing it again this year. This is the latest in the series.


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Today we’re taking a look at Jason Isbell’s latest release, Weathervanes

The weight of expectations can be tough. Between his time in Drive-By Truckers (and everything after), the recent documentary “Running With Our Eyes Closed,” and an on-point Twitter game, Jason Isbell has become the go-to pick for legions of cargo shorts wearing 35-55-year-old dudes1.

But Isbell is a hell of a songwriter and makes light work of it, filling his records with stories about people who drink tall boys for an audience that drinks radlers.

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