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Artist | Justin Townes Earle
Title | Kids In The Street
Genre | Country Format | Album
Source | CDDA Time | 42:39
Label | New West Records Store | 2017
Catalog | NW6389 Rip | 2017
Bitrate | 239 kbps Size | 76.88 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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01. Champagne Corolla 3:38
02. Maybe A Moment 3:05
03. What's She Crying For 3:53
04. 15-25 4:02
05. Kids In The Street 3:53
06. Faded Valentine 3:45
07. What's Going Wrong 3:25
08. Short Hair Woman 2:49
09. Same Old Stage 3:41
10. If I Was The Devil 2:34
11. Trouble 3:22
12. There Go A Fool 4:32
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In some respects, Justin Townes Earle seemed destined from birth to be a
musician - his father, Steve Earle, is one of America's most acclaimed
singer/songwriters, and he was named in part for Townes Van Zandt, a close
friend to Earle and an equally legendary tunesmith. But Justin also grew up
learning the downside of the musician's life, and came up against some of
the same demons that haunted his father. Born in 1982, Justin Townes Earle
didn't see much of his dad through most of his childhood; after the release
of his first album in 1986, Steve was often on the road, and a serious drug
habit sidelined him through much of the early 90s. Despite it all, Justin
developed an appetite for music, and in his teens began playing and singing
with two different Nashville groups, a rock band called The Distributors
and a bluegrass-influenced acoustic combo, The Swindlers.
First of all, let us congratulate Justin Townes Earle for being one of the
first songwriters to celebrate the humble but reliable Toyota in song.
Sure, the Cadillac may have a more noble musical legacy, but in "Champagne
Corolla", on 2017's "Kids In The Street", Earle is eager to explain why the
car (and especially the woman driving it) is worth a second glance. Second,
let's note that "Champagne Corolla" is one of the very best rockers Earle
has offered to date; the singer/songwriter is traditionally more
comfortable with a subtle attack in the studio, but here he opens the album
with a stompin' exercise in New Orleans-influenced R&B, and it connects
solidly.
As it turns out, rockers are in the minority on "Kids In The Street", but
"Short Haired Woman" and "15-25" show he can cut the same sort of groove
when he feels like it, and Paul Niehaus' guitar and Scott Seiver's drumming
do wonders to make these songs move. On much of the rest of Kids in the
Street, Earle is in more subdued form, with a lower volume and more careful
tempi, but this material truly confirms that he just keeps growing and
improving as a songwriter.
"Same Old Stagolee" is a smart and absorbing rewrite of the old folk tale,
the title track artfully balances nostalgia and regret, and "Faded
Valentine" and "There Go A Fool" are marvelous sketches of love and lovers
gone wrong, Earle's favorite theme. As a vocalist, Earle is short on
histrionics but he knows how to make his lyrics communicate, and he sounds
as good as ever on these sessions, carefully shaping these tales with
smart, subtle phrasing. "Kids In The Street" doesn't sound or feel like a
masterpiece, but it does suggest Earle was aiming higher than expected for
this album, and he hit the target - this is among his very best work to
date.
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