Sturgill Simpson "Metamodern Sounds in Country Music" alternative Waylon Jennings

Waylon Jennings

alongside such veteran bands as Metallica

Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakacek could hear the staggering differences in the songs they were writing for their third album as Whitney

armed with a staggering vocal range

adding a stunning backdrop to his masterful and poetic lyrics

Sturgill Simpson "Metamodern Sounds in Country Music" alternative Waylon JenningsAn allusion to Ray Charles groundbreaking 1962 record, Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music hints at the psychedelic sounds found within. Compared to Waylon Jennings and Merle Haggard, Simpson explores a more progressive side of outlaw country in his wholly unique and captivating second album.