Jason Isbell

slightofjeff

ComeToTX said:

true.  there's a few good new isbell tunes and i'm happy about that.  i just wish he'd mix it up a bit.  this is the guy that wrote go it alone and decoration day...let's rock some.

I haven't heard the entire album yet. Still waiting on the USPS to deliver. Two of the first four singles released however will "rock some" in concert for sure. If we're ever allowed to go to concerts again.

Reading various reviews/interviews, I was under the impression this was his most "rock" album maybe of his entire solo career.

To be clear, I'm not arguing with you. Haven't heard the record in its entirety. That was just the impression I got from reading.

pjl44

slightofjeff said:

ComeToTX said:

true.  there's a few good new isbell tunes and i'm happy about that.  i just wish he'd mix it up a bit.  this is the guy that wrote go it alone and decoration day...let's rock some.

I haven't heard the entire album yet. Still waiting on the USPS to deliver. Two of the first four singles released however will "rock some" in concert for sure. If we're ever allowed to go to concerts again.

Reading various reviews/interviews, I was under the impression this was his most "rock" album maybe of his entire solo career.

To be clear, I'm not arguing with you. Haven't heard the record in its entirety. That was just the impression I got from reading.

Ditto on all this. Still waiting on mine to get here but I had the same impression. 

cp3iverson

The two songs i've heard are definite rockers

Tim Simmons

4 rockers (What've I Done, Overseas, be Afraid, It Gets Easier) 2, mid tempo (dreamsicle, River), 3 acoustic (Only Children, St. peter, Letting You Go) and 1 Dire Straits homage (Running With Our Eyes Closed). 

ComeToTX

STEREOGUM: Then there was this sort of bizarre full-circle moment where Eddie Vedder, the guy Bradley Cooper had partially based his character off, winds up playing this song. Now I know at this point in your career, plenty of surreal things have happened, but you’re of the age where Eddie Vedder was like, one of the biggest names on the planet when you were a kid.

ISBELL: Oh, yeah, for sure. When Ten came out, I was 13, 14, something like that. I was playing guitar and learning all those parts. That record was a huge deal for me. And they’ve held up, they’re one of the rare rock bands that came around in that era and survived and nobody got all that tired of, which just speaks to the quality of the work. That was huge. I was jumping up and down when I heard him singing that song. Since then, I heard from Mike McCready, who’s a big fan of my songs, and we texted back and forth a little bit.

That was probably an even bigger deal for me, because Mike’s guitar parts were like a Bible for me as a kid. Honestly, it’s the first time I ever heard somebody play old guitars through big loud amps and have it played on the radio. Everyone up until then was playing pointy guitars or pastel ’80s guitars. Except for Slash, I gotta give Slash credit. He played his old Les Paul copy through the whole thing. But Pearl Jam was the first time I heard really Hendrix-sounding guitar tones on the radio every day and I thought, “Wow, you can still do that, people will still listen to that kind of rock ‘n’ roll music.”

Tim Simmons

Would love for PJ to ask Isbell to open some stadium shows at some point. Would be a killer as fuck.

cp3iverson

Still haven't listened to this but its getting great reviews.  

Tim Simmons

what ever you felt about the last one, you’ll feel about this

cp3iverson

Great sign then!  Ive heard Overseas (live) and Be Afraid.   Like both of them a lot.  Avoiding the rest until my LP arrives

herogroundzero

ComeToTX said:

STEREOGUM: Then there was this sort of bizarre full-circle moment where Eddie Vedder, the guy Bradley Cooper had partially based his character off, winds up playing this song. Now I know at this point in your career, plenty of surreal things have happened, but you’re of the age where Eddie Vedder was like, one of the biggest names on the planet when you were a kid.

ISBELL: Oh, yeah, for sure. When Ten came out, I was 13, 14, something like that. I was playing guitar and learning all those parts. That record was a huge deal for me. And they’ve held up, they’re one of the rare rock bands that came around in that era and survived and nobody got all that tired of, which just speaks to the quality of the work. That was huge. I was jumping up and down when I heard him singing that song. Since then, I heard from Mike McCready, who’s a big fan of my songs, and we texted back and forth a little bit.

That was probably an even bigger deal for me, because Mike’s guitar parts were like a Bible for me as a kid. Honestly, it’s the first time I ever heard somebody play old guitars through big loud amps and have it played on the radio. Everyone up until then was playing pointy guitars or pastel ’80s guitars. Except for Slash, I gotta give Slash credit. He played his old Les Paul copy through the whole thing. But Pearl Jam was the first time I heard really Hendrix-sounding guitar tones on the radio every day and I thought, “Wow, you can still do that, people will still listen to that kind of rock ‘n’ roll music.”

Wow. TY for posting this. I love reading what other musicians say about PJ.

Tim Simmons

Isbell has had wonderful things to say about PJ. 

He majorly big upped them when they raised what they raised for the Home shows and said he was proud to love them for forever because they did and stood up for what they do. 

Tim Simmons

https://twitter.com/jasonisbell/status/422980573410234369?s=21

https://twitter.com/jasonisbell/status/1029817986012594181?s=21

IDK how to make tweets appear in a post. I don’t care. Here’s some positive stuff

ComeToTX

Tim Simmons said:

what ever you felt about the last one, you’ll feel about this

Not as good, imo. 

dr122931

Jason is pure gold.  All his records since southeastern have been great.  And, the others all have some solid tunes too.  I’m not a truckers fan, but his Truckers songs are great.  

Glad to hear about the mutual love between he and my favorite band.  I’m not shocked of the mutual respect and I assume he and mike have a lot in common. 

cp3iverson

Yeah im loving this abum

slightofjeff

Staying up late to stream the shit out of this. Gotten as far as River. As far as the songs go that I haven't already heard ... holy shit

slightofjeff

OK so probably other Isbell albums are "better" from start to finish but also I'm sitting on my back porch kinda weeping at the end of this thing. So I mean ... if you can evoke those emotions, you've done your job Mr. Songwriter.

Indifference71

Vinyl won't be here until next week but this sounded damn good on the first stream.  I was a little late to the party on Isbell....he's fucking awesome.

cp3iverson

Spent the afternoon learning Overseas on guitar.  

I knew it was going to be my favorite because i loved the live version so much.   The studio version is killer

pjpjpaul

My review of the new album- https://www.music2ourears.com/post/jason-isbell-and-the-400-unit-reunions-album-review