I played most of the album earlier. Strikes me that it's a collection of good and very good songs. It's too early to say how crucial it is. My problem is that I tend to compare everything I hear with Jackson Browne's 'Late for the sky', and 99.999999999% of what I hear, I consider to be mediocre...
I've seen Isbell twice. I think he's fantastic, but I can't seem to pluck up any enthusiasm for this gig. The last album wasn't exactly life changing. Disappointed to see that Ryan Adams is playing The Royal Albert Hall. It's not exactly the most intimate of venues.