Jason Isbell - Here We Rest (ft. The 400 Unit) reviews
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| Popmatters |
 My friend Ryan, who also pays attention to this kind of thing, said that Jason Isbell could always be counted upon to deliver at least two to four classic songs per album. As it happens, this is true regardless of how many songs he ends up releasing. It used to be that Isbell was in a full band with a few other noted songwriters; two to four good ones were all we needed. On his own, it gets a little tougher to come up with 45 minutes of sustained brilliance.
“Alabama Pines”, “Go It Alone”, and “Stopping By” are the keepers on Here We Rest. Do you have iTunes? Good. Go find these. “Alabama Pines” may be the most overtly country tune Isbell has recorded. It’s a tale of heartbreak and isolation set to a heaven-sent melody. Then the fiddles come in and all is right with the world. “Go It Alone” is a brooding, minor-key rocker with a killer groove and a huge, redemptive chorus—in short, everything you might hope for in a Jason Isbell rocker. “Stopping By” has a gorgeous cascading riff and yearning, uncertain harmonies that perfectly match its lyrics about a tentative reconciliation between estranged family members.
Then there are the other ones. Understand that Jason Isbell is far too talented a songwriter to put out a song with no redeeming value, and many of these songs have moments of genuine inspiration. Take, for example, “We’ve Met”—it’s got a cool part where the melody starts falling on the offbeat, and boasts at least one stellar couplet in “We thought we’d find the answers / In the troubadours and dancers.” In an ideal world, though, he would have married these elements to a more memorable verse; as it is, these are fleeting moments in a relatively unremarkable stretch of acoustic guitars and tasteful Fender Rhodes embellishments....full text |
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| Spin |
| The ex–Drive-By Truckers guitarist shares his former band's lyrical penchant for the dark end of the street. Musically, however, he's more like a latter-day Lowell George, the guiding light of eccentrically polyglot '70s roots rockers Little Feat. Isbell's third solo album is earthy and unpretentiously eclectic - bluesy shuffles, gospel tinges - and you almost expect Bonnie Raitt's voice to waft in. Isbell's drawl is so amiable, you might not notice that the songs are about misfit burnouts fleeing everything, including themselves. Yeah, he's still a Trucker....full text |
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| Clatl |
| There's no place like home. After several steady years on the road as a Drive-By Trucker, then with his own 400 Unit, Alabama native Jason Isbell is back home. On Here We Rest (named for his home state's first motto), he sings about where he lives, and tells affecting and vivid stories about the people who live there. A highly respected songwriter by both critics and fans, Isbell takes his craft to the upper echelon with this fine release. The 11 musically eclectic tracks range from the folky "Alabama Pines" to the bluegrass shuffle of "Codeine," and the juke joint rocking "Never Could Believe." But the knockout punch comes last, in a stunning first-person tale of a returning veteran anxious to fit in and wondering if he can acclimate to his old lifestyle after a harrowing "Tour of Duty." ...full text |
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