Artist: Will Hoge
Album: Anchors
Bitrate: 248kbps avg
Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz
Label: EDLO Records
Genre: Rock
Size: 72.29 megs
PlayTime: 0h 38min 45sec total
Rip Date: 2017-09-15
Store Date: 2017-08-11
Track List:
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01. The Reckoning 3:43
02. This Grand Charade 3:43
03. Little Bit Of Rust 3:47
04. Cold Night In Santa Fe 3:22
05. Baby's Eyes 2:29
06. (This Ain't) An Original Sin 3:19
07. Through Missing You 3:16
08. Anchors 3:55
09. Angels Wings 4:00
10. 17 4:04
11. Young As We Will Ever Be 3:07
Release Notes:
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"I hit a wall," says Will Hoge. "I was doing the best touring of my career and I
had a great, steady gig writing songs, but I was falling out of love with being
in a band. I had to figure out what was next."
For Hoge, what came next was a quest to reclaim the joy and the magic that had
drawn him to music in the first place. He let his band go and hit the road for
roughly a year of solo shows, crisscrossing the country by himself with just a
guitar and a keyboard. He felt rejuvenated by the freedom and began writing
material that reenergized him, that made him feel like a kid falling in love
with rock and roll all over again. Those songs ignited a dormant flame somewhere
deep within his soul, and now they form the bulk of Anchors, his strongest and
most nuanced album to date.
Recorded with an all-star band comprised of drummer Jerry Roe (Emmylou Harris &
Rodney Crowell, Darius Rucker), bassist Dominic Davis (Jack White, Wanda
Jackson), and guitarists Brad Rice (Son Volt, Ryan Adams) and Thom Donovan
(Lapush, Ruby Amanfu), the album is a prime showcase for Hoge's soaring, gritty
vocals, as well as his remarkable gift for crafting complex characters with real
emotional depth and plainspoken profundity. Over the course of eleven tracks
(including one with special guest Sheryl Crow), Hoge weaves elements of vintage
country, literate folk, and heartland rock into a passionate, genre-busting
masterpiece, one that offers an unflinching portrait of the messy challenges of
adulthood and the ways in which we persevere (or don't) through hard times.
Beginning with the release of his acclaimed 2001 debut, Carousel, Hoge
established himself as a masterful songwriter and performer as well as a
critical favorite, with Rolling Stone comparing him to Bob Seger and John
Mellencamp and NPR praising his "sharp, smart, passionate rock 'n' roll that
seems to exist out of time." He built up a loyal fanbase the old fashioned way,
maintaining a steady studio output and a relentless touring schedule of more
than 200 shows a year, including bills with the likes of My Morning Jacket, the
Black Crowes, and Drive-By Truckers, in addition to festival slots from Bonnaroo
to Austin City Limits. In 2012, the Eli Young Band hit #1 on the Billboard
Country chart with their Platinum-selling recording of Hoge's song "Even If It
Breaks Your Heart," earning Hoge nominations for CMA, ACM, and GRAMMY Awards.
Soon he was performing everywhere from the Grand Ole Opry to The Late Show with
David Letterman, his music was soundtracking a high-profile Chevy truck
campaign, and he'd signed a major publishing deal.
When the inspiration ran dry, though, Hoge took a gamble on himself and walked
away from it all in order to pursue the kind of art that truly moved him, to
make something that mattered. If Anchors is any indication, it was a safe bet
indeed.