Red Mosquito

epilogue wrote:Weathervanes is a great record, yeah.

I still think maybe... Just maybe... Jason works best in a full band setting.

Jason Isbell wrote:I lost a good friend
Christmas time when folks go off the deep end
His woman took the kids and he took Klonopin
Enough to kill a man of twice his size

Not for me to understand
Remember him when he was still a proud man
A vandals smile a baseball in his right hand
Nothing but the blue sky in his eye

epilogue wrote:I'm just not sure there is better lyricist alive and working today.

oasisfan35 wrote:

epilogue wrote:Weathervanes is a great record, yeah.

I still think maybe... Just maybe... Jason works best in a full band setting.

Best is an abstract my friend

Relatively Easy just queued up in the kitchen, these verses always give me pause:

Jason Isbell wrote:I lost a good friend
Christmas time when folks go off the deep end
His woman took the kids and he took Klonopin
Enough to kill a man of twice his size

Not for me to understand
Remember him when he was still a proud man
A vandals smile a baseball in his right hand
Nothing but the blue sky in his eye

... every single time I hear it and sometimes just in my mind, the delivery is so heartfelt it hurts.

oasisfan35 wrote:Foxes is often quite literal but GOD DAMN it hits...

How does an artist follow a critically-acclaimed breakthrough record like Southeastern? For Jason Isbell, the answer was Something More Than Free. With songs like "24 Frames," "Flagship," and "Children of Children," the 2015 album found Isbell tackling the subjects he knows best: the dignity of work, the difficulty of love, the friction between the present and the past. Something More Than Free further established the North Alabama native as a bonafide songwriter, and also netted him his first two Grammy Awards, for Americana Album of the Year, and for American Roots Song of the Year ("24 Frames.")

10 years later, Something More Than Free has been re-mixed by the legendary Sylvia Massy (Prince, Johnny Cash, Tom Petty), breathing new life into these now classic songs in the Isbell canon. And as a cherry on top, the man has broken his normal rule and included a b-side here. "Should I Go Missing" is a bluesy jammer highlighted by Isbell's slide guitar playing. If we're lucky, it will become a staple at his upcoming live shows.

Released July 18, 2025

given2trade wrote:Should I Go Missing is great (of course).

epilogue wrote:Listening now. Not sure what makes this sound better. The album was about powerful the first time around.

This is definitely louder. So...

given2trade wrote:Haven't listened to the re-release yet but Isbell by favorite artist and I listen to this album 2-3x a week (really). It's my favorite of his and of anyone. Southeastern basically same level but if I can only have one on an island, I'll take this one.

EDIT: Just listed to 24 and Speed Trap Town and I hate this vs. the original. Garbage. Weird. What am I missing?

oasisfan35 wrote:

given2trade wrote:Haven't listened to the re-release yet but Isbell by favorite artist and I listen to this album 2-3x a week (really). It's my favorite of his and of anyone. Southeastern basically same level but if I can only have one on an island, I'll take this one.

EDIT: Just listed to 24 and Speed Trap Town and I hate this vs. the original. Garbage. Weird. What am I missing?

Garbage? Just queued up Speed Trap and really it is just separation to my ears, just used to it being mildly flat? The vocals are slightly more upfront but not much on that song in particular.

given2trade wrote:

oasisfan35 wrote:

given2trade wrote:Haven't listened to the re-release yet but Isbell by favorite artist and I listen to this album 2-3x a week (really). It's my favorite of his and of anyone. Southeastern basically same level but if I can only have one on an island, I'll take this one.

EDIT: Just listed to 24 and Speed Trap Town and I hate this vs. the original. Garbage. Weird. What am I missing?

Garbage? Just queued up Speed Trap and really it is just separation to my ears, just used to it being mildly flat? The vocals are slightly more upfront but not much on that song in particular.

Haha I was being dramatic I just started listening. I'm trying to compare now.

given2trade wrote:It sounds really different to me. I dunno. I don't like it at all vs. the original. I didn't hear much difference on the Southeastern 10th anniversary.