Stream Honky Tonk in its entirety

ct · Post by ct » Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:41 pm

Well I left it up the technology gods. I searched it on my phone's mp3 app & found it in it's entirety. I couldn't help myself & downloaded the whole thing.
I fucking love it!!!!
Can't wait to see it live!
I wander if Jay will 2 fiddle players on tour? I've seen several quotes from him about the dual fiddle sound.

Antelope850 · Post by **Antelope850** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 6:40 pm

ct wrote:I've been trying not to listen to any of it until Tuesday. However listening to everybody talk about it, my willpower is growing weak! Especially after the Barricades quote.

Hang tough ct. I've been playing the hell out of it for a week now, and it's awesome. Great, great album. There's a joyous quality to it, even the slow songs. But one thing I will miss is unwrapping my new Son Volt cd on Tuesday and listening to it for the first time. Will still be cool, but not quite the same after listening to the stream for awhile. Only a couple days away from the real thing.

ct · Post by ct » Sat Mar 02, 2013 4:39 pm

I've been trying not to listen to any of it until Tuesday. However listening to everybody talk about it, my willpower is growing weak! Especially after the Barricades quote.

thatbeat · Post by **thatbeat** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 9:55 am

Monk- "Barricades" is quickly becoming my favorite of the moment... such an optimistic swing to it, love that line too...

eamon · Post by **eamon** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 7:02 am

Like it! I would have to say that it has some 'Trace" influence to it. Looking forward to the Tour

Monkmusic · Post by **Monkmusic** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 6:37 am

Took me a few listens but I'm just in love with this album. With all the crap "popular" music out there these days we're very lucky to have this guy writing this music with so much integrity.

"Don't let the barricades of life keep the wild spirit still"

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calexico · Post by **calexico** » Fri Mar 01, 2013 1:48 pm

Two plays through of the album. Very, very impressed. Sounds fantastic and no one can bitch about this band not being SV Mk 1. This band swings like Henry Aaron.

I've been seriously impressed with the sound of the record. The songs are fantastic and as a cohesive piece of music it certainly has legs that will carry it far past the initial excitement of early release days.

windshield · Post by **windshield** » Fri Mar 01, 2013 2:02 am

Angel of the blues is so beautiful, I'm weeping. It's in Left a slide land. Going with it.

el caballo loco · Post by **el caballo loco** » Thu Feb 28, 2013 8:48 pm

Sounds very cohesive and well-executed to my ears. I'm not sensing anything like Windfall, Tear Stained Eye, Left a Slide, Creosote, Bandages and Scars, Circadian Rhythm, Methampheatamine, Bicycle Hotel, Roll On, No Turning Back, or Pushed Too Far yet. That may change. Need more time. Tempering my enthusiasm/disappointment for now.

hairbear1174 · Post by **hairbear1174** » Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:18 pm

first 2 songs had some underwhelming lyrics. but after that the album is damn brilliant! got tix to iowa city show coming up

gdavis5446 · Post by **gdavis5446** » Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:49 am

I am kinda liking this. By know means am I blown away by it but it has a nice consistency to it. Right now the stand out track is Seawall. God save the queen of Charleston, WV.

Antelope850 · Post by **Antelope850** » Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:53 pm

All I know is, my 7 year old daughter was singing Brick Walls on the way to school today, so I think that's a good sign. (Or at least a sign that I'm playing the hell out of this album stream.)

turpentim · Post by **turpentim** » Wed Feb 27, 2013 8:27 am

TragicFig wrote:I'm just damn happy to have more original music from my favorite artist and to have SV back on tour. I am incredibly grateful that Jay is still writing and recording new music--it's been my life's soundtrack--and I hope his incredible river of creative talent and ability never runs dry.

Congrats on the new record Jay!

Indeed. And I'm happy to have new lines like this:

"Shadows are good companions for the light that you save." -- from 'Shine On'

Devastating and uplifting all at once, which is precisely what Jay's music embodies for me. As he sings in 'Angel of the Blues', "Sad songs keep the devil away." In so many ways, the modern-day Woody.

Y'all, this record is superb. 'Shine On' might be my personal favorite.

Tim in the ATL

TragicFig · Post by **TragicFig** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:57 pm

I'm just damn happy to have more original music from my favorite artist and to have SV back on tour. I am incredibly grateful that Jay is still writing and recording new music--it's been my life's soundtrack--and I hope his incredible river of creative talent and ability never runs dry.

Congrats on the new record Jay!

wrecking ball operator · Tue Feb 26, 2013 2:31 pm

From the press release (expanded and unabridged):

Farrar reflects that as he wrote and recorded the music so deeply steeped in tradition for Honky Tonk, “I realized I also wanted these songs to sound more contemporary and modern. There was no strict adherence to methodology of the past. You never want to be a nostalgia act.”

So I think Jay says it best after all...