Zach Bryan Reveals New Self-Titled Album, Track List & Collaborators
Zach Bryan is getting ready to release what will be one of the most important and anticipated albums in country music in 2023. Despite some false starts and misinformation on the album due to no press releases or even official acknowledgement of the album being extended to the public, we finally have a much more full picture, and many Zach Bryan fans are frothing with anticipation.
To be released on August 25th by Zach Bryan’s Belting Bronco Records distributed by Warner, the self-titled album will feature 16 songs, including collaborations with fast-rising West Virginia artist Sierra Ferrell, country soul duo The War & Treaty, along with Kacey Musgraves and The Lumineers. Zach Bryan wrote and produced the album all by himself.
“Really proud to call the writing and production on somethin’ all mine,” Zach Bryan says. “Thank y’all for your patience, I didn’t make this album to appease people who will never be happy anyways, I made it for my people, hope everyone has a good weekend.”
At one point, the album release date had been reported as August 18th, and Zach Bryan also said it would only have eleven tracks. But on Friday (8-18), he confirmed the track list in a post on social media. At one point the title of the album was floated as “Writers & Fighters,” and that also was apparently scrapped. Bryan has also says that he anticipates releasing further singles after the album, including a song called “Deep Satin,” but he wanted to keep the album itself all self-produced.
The new Zach Bryan album will come on a busy week for big releases. It’s the same week the Turnpike Troubadours release their first album in nearly six years, A Cat in the Rain, making for a double shot of big albums for artists from northeast Oklahoma. Morgan Wade is also releasing her new album Psychopath, and Old Crow Medicine Show is releasing their new album Jubilee.
With 16 tracks, the new Zach Bryan album will compete for the top spot on the country albums charts, but it won’t have the benefit of pre-orders. Though Warner has confirmed the album is coming and the release date of August 25th, physical product is still up in the air, including vinyl. In typical Zach Bryan DIY fashion, he’s trying to get the album out ASAP, and not waiting on the suits to get everything in order.
Zach Bryan recorded the album at the MilkBoy Studio in Philadelphia, and finished in a studio in Toronto.
TRACK LIST:
- “Fear & Friday’s (poem)”
- “Overtime”
- “Summertime’s Close”
- “East Side of Sorrow”
- “Hey Driver (ft. War and Treaty)”
- “Fear and Friday’s”
- “Ticking”
- “Holy Roller (ft. Sierra Ferrell)”
- “Jake’s Piano/ Long Island”
- “El Dorado”
- “I Remember Everything (ft. Kacey Musgraves)”
- “Tourniquet”
- “Spotless (ft. The Lumineers)”
- “Tradesman”
- “Smaller Acts”
- “Oklahoma Son”
August 18, 2023 @ 6:14 pm
This is gonna be yuge. I am so ready.
August 18, 2023 @ 6:41 pm
Douche move releasing this the same day as Turnpike’s new album.
August 18, 2023 @ 9:32 pm
Douche comment. The singles are good. But Turnpike fans are wretched, and the band is severely overrated. Sorry, brah.
August 22, 2023 @ 8:07 am
Careful, I think Trigger is their publicist. /s
August 18, 2023 @ 11:18 pm
Seriously – so selfish
August 22, 2023 @ 12:27 am
Buddy if you don’t like it get off your phone… no one cares about your opinion. Just let the true fans be excited for a new album you don’t have to be such a grouch about it.
August 19, 2023 @ 12:06 am
I am truly confused about this as well. I recall a snippet of an unreleased song by Zach mentioning being glad the “Turnpikes are writing songs again” or something along the lines of that lyric. He’s covered Pipe Bomb Dream on YouTube.
Why would a supposed fan intentionally release his album on the same day as their return? As far as the music industry goes in general, is it always considered rude to release an album on the same day as another artist/band in the same genre? Genuinely asking.
August 19, 2023 @ 6:30 am
Dudes got a song titled felker lol. This guy is so insincere it’s ridiculous.
August 19, 2023 @ 7:27 am
I’m not really worried for either Zach Bryan or the Turnpike Troubadours releasing an album on the same day. It will likely have the same effect as the Barbie/Oppenheimer releases where they both helped promote each other. My guess is Zach told the suits to release it as soon as humanly possible, and August 25th is where they landed. At one point “Whiskey Riff” reported the release date as August 18th (and other information that turned out to not be true).
Who I am most concerned about is everyone else releasing an album on August 25th. I think Old Crow Medicine Show and Morgan Wade will have an uphill battle, as will smaller bands like Posey Hill that are trying to get their name out there. But this is where it falls to the media to do our jobs, and make sure these folks don’t go overlooked.
August 19, 2023 @ 8:06 am
9/22 is the date I’m watching. New albums from Charles Wesley Godwin, Brent Cobb, and Adam Hood dropping same day.
I’ve been complaining that the first half of 2023 was light on good country albums, but the back half looks real promising.
August 18, 2023 @ 6:55 pm
Interesting collaborators, most of them seem cool to me except one. I remember everything too, including their shitty recent pop output and laughable music videos. But I digress, looking forward to this one.
August 18, 2023 @ 9:36 pm
I’m holding out hope that maybe she realized the error of her ways, and MIGHT be on her way to recording another country album. Even if it’s Golden Hour II, it’s better than that crap she released in 2021. She was a big reason I didn’t hate a bunch of pop country, but pop was the reason I hated that album.
August 19, 2023 @ 7:53 pm
Yeah I don’t care enough to find out, but if someone told me whether or not her sales surpassed the marketing budget of that last one, I’d read it. If she comes back, it may not be for the love of it….
August 22, 2023 @ 11:26 am
Every KM album is completely different from the previous one and I don’t think she’s ever given off vibes of being someone that sits still. She also got really shafted by the radio side of things, so she’s probably open to being broader. She also has one of the most arresting and versatile voices in music today, and she’s drop dead gorgeous. It’s hard to hate on her, even if I don’t love everything she’s made.
STDP goes in a pretty folky direction most of the time, PM gets that retro countrypolitan thing, Xmas goes all retro kitsch, GH is all Laurel Canyon, and SC is a big genre hop ranging from a 3/4 time country ballad to a flute solo to over the top Ennio Morricone to nortenos to pure pop, albeit with mixed results. side note: Cherry Blossom is a great “indie pop” style track. She can seemingly do anything well.
That being said, I’m psyched to hear her feature on ZB. Between Loretta Lynn tribute, Neon Moon, and this, as well as hanging with Shane McAnally lately, she’s keeping a foot in country music.
August 18, 2023 @ 6:56 pm
No Chris Stapleton, no Lainey Wilson. Is this the first big release of 2023 not to feature one or both of them? Looking forward to the War & Treaty collab. Think the “wokes” will make a big deal about Zach smoking on the cover? Of course, if there is no LP or CD, that “cover” is just a big old bunch of pixels and doesn’t matter.
August 19, 2023 @ 5:56 am
Sierra Ferrell has become a hot featured artist over the last year or so.
August 19, 2023 @ 5:30 pm
I have been impressed with the amount of collaboration Lainey has done. She must be good to work with.
August 19, 2023 @ 8:56 pm
I think I’m the only person that just isn’t that impressed by Lainey. I like a couple of her songs (“These Boots” is such an awesome song, and I’ve always liked “Things a Man Oughta Know”; however, I was tired of “Heart Like a Truck” a month in, and I’m already tired of “Watermelon Moonshine”) and I appreciate her willingness to stand out and be unique, but I just don’t get the hype.
August 19, 2023 @ 11:33 pm
Let me try and explain it to you Taylor from a male perspective in a nice way………. in a world where many female artists have no originality, style, personality, or god forbid I use the words stage presence on here. Lainey has ALL of that, but what she has most is 2 things….. likeability and SONGS. For the first time in almost 10 years of watching Country music (on a daily basis) I went to a concert (in Milwaukee) where I saw women en masse loving a female artist (and I go see every female we talk about on here) Ages 10-70. The line for bathroom was 20 deep for the ladies………I strolled into ours easily.
The “hype” you’re asking about is an industry that’s embracing a woman they know is down to earth, loveable, and everyone will buy. That’s it, and they’re going to over milk it. I agree with you “These Boots” is and will be a smash hit when it goes to radio. “Things” is great, “Moonshine” is the tweener til they’re ready to have “Boots” kick everyone’s ass. Is it all be overdone right now? Absolutely!!! Too many duets, too many shows,…… too much Lainey. Sadly to the detriment of other also deserving ladies, and I pray they don’t burn her out. Are YOU the only person that isn’t impressed? Of course not just like there’s plenty of people that aren’t impressed by Zach Bryan but we’ll still take both of em over most of the shit on the radio/awards shows etc…..Neither are 100% Country by any stretch….. and that’s ok because they’ll open peoples minds and bring em over to our side………
August 21, 2023 @ 5:55 am
will the magas make a big deal about kid rock drinking a bud light over the weekend?
August 21, 2023 @ 7:18 am
We’re not getting in Bud Light discussion here or anywhere else. If I wanted to discuss it, I would have banked the thousands of dollars I left on the table by avoiding it.
August 22, 2023 @ 8:09 am
They should make a big deal out of Bud Light existing if they want to save America.
Drink better beer.
August 21, 2023 @ 3:05 pm
The true snowflakes are the ones who somehow find a way to complain about the “wokes” when there’s nothing to complain about.
August 18, 2023 @ 7:41 pm
Interested in hearing the one with sierra Ferrell more than anything. A few others may be good. I’m not a big fan but I’ve liked a few songs. He said he made this for his fans so it may not change my opinion of him but that’s ok. I don’t generally buy whole albums anymore unless Alan Jackson releases one so a good song here or there is good enough to put on my Spotify list. Though I did preorder the green day 30 year release of dookie so it does happen.
August 19, 2023 @ 9:46 am
You check out that 4 track demo of Basket Case yet? It’s like an alternate reality.
August 19, 2023 @ 6:55 pm
Haven’t had the chance but I will
August 18, 2023 @ 7:58 pm
I feel like an old man who doesn’t understand the young people’s music anymore when I listen to Zach Bryan. I’ll give it a shot again
August 18, 2023 @ 11:20 pm
It’s just 00s sad boy indie folk in a different package
August 19, 2023 @ 8:14 am
Came here to say this
Just emo punk with no electric
August 19, 2023 @ 8:19 am
Zach Bryan has three electric guitarists in his band.
August 19, 2023 @ 8:22 am
Misspoke.. emo punk with the guitars turned down
Oklahoma smokeshow gives big 2000s rock vibes to me
August 26, 2023 @ 1:58 pm
He’s by no means the first, there’s a huge crossover between authentic country/folk/punk. Didn’t Corb Lund start out in a punk band? The lead singer from Bad Religion does Americana solo stuff. The Dropkick Murphys are covering Woody Guthrie with Evan Felker (or Billy Bragg and Wilco’s earlier Woody Guthrie covers). I’m all about it, I think it’s the same spirit in a different sound.
August 19, 2023 @ 11:02 am
Trigger I think it’s even a bigger thing for the kids than you stated. It’s not just rural folks in real cowboy hats. I was on my way to City Field in June to see Dead & Co. and the train was packed with his fans on the way to Forrest Hills. Not a rural hat wearing fan in the bunch, but a whole lot of suburban kids out for a good time and good for them. We all need our own musical heroes.
He has a few songs that I liked, especially early on, but to me he’s kinda meh. To those kids on the train it was the same as going to Springsteen back when I was that age. It’s good to see someone with talent (albeit at the early stages) connecting with a younger group of fans. Beats the hell out of pop music.
August 19, 2023 @ 4:00 am
It’s Emo Country. Listening to Dashboard Confessional in your 40’s is also lame.
August 19, 2023 @ 7:51 am
All country is emo, get over yourself.
August 19, 2023 @ 1:18 pm
I would go so far as to say that all music generated by humans is emo on some level.
August 21, 2023 @ 9:30 pm
Except for the soulless, computer-driven emotionally barren abomination of a genre called EDM.
August 19, 2023 @ 6:33 am
I am happy people enjoy it, but I don’t really get it either. I would like to see more Telecasters and fewer acoustics in the future.
August 19, 2023 @ 7:01 am
I have to agree. But at least he’s better than the mainstream garbage and it looks like his fans are going to learn who Sierra Ferrell is, so I’m not opposed to him. His music so far just hasn’t been for me.
August 19, 2023 @ 7:47 am
Every time I post anything about Zach Bryan, the comments sections fill up with people saying the same exact things. I’m happy to host the feedback, but what I’ve come to understand over time is that it just doesn’t matter. When I’m out in the field and see Zach Bryan live, it couldn’t contrast more with what you see in the comments. He is the headliner of headliners in independent country music right now. He draws bigger crowds than anyone else, and by multipliers. His fans are more enthusiastic than any fans of any music I have ever seen. And no, these aren’t “emo” or “sad boi” music fans in black eyeliner. They are very specifically young rural people in real cowboy hats singing along to every word of every song.
I understand if people don’t like his music. But if you can’t see the value in a song like “Oklahoma Smokeshow” or “Heading South,” I honestly feel bad for you. Because you’re missing out on a generational phenomenon that is filling some people with a sense of meaning that other music just fails at.
August 19, 2023 @ 3:18 pm
Fuck, and it’s roots fucking real country. I think we are collectively butt hurt that our music is becoming mainstream. Isn’t this what we wanted? The kid is a poet, writing about love and longing and loss. It hits strong with me and I’m late 40’s. Isn’t this what good music is?
August 19, 2023 @ 9:32 am
I honestly don’t understand the constant negative comments about the guy on here. When I first heard him, he gave off a Springsteen “Nebraska” vibe to me. Raw sound with little production. What is wrong with that? I was at Bucks Bar & Grill (kind of a big deal dive bar outside of Omaha) waiting for Joe Stamm Band to start. Buck had Oklahoma Smokeshow blasting on the house speakers and everyone was loving it. Old and young alike were drinking their beers and singing along with the music.
August 19, 2023 @ 8:49 pm
The self appointed gate keepers of any genre of music seem to do this thing where they spend years bitching and moaning that they’re favorite act doesn’t get enough attention, then, when they do get attention, they get mad at them for being too popular. It’s a stupid cycle, but it does ensure that people online always have something to bitch and moan about, so I guess it’s a win.
August 22, 2023 @ 6:01 am
Yeah, my point of reference for the sound on DeAnn and Elisabeth was Elephant 6 (Neutral Milk Hotel, Elf Power, Apples in Stereo, etc), and that wasn’t a complaint.
It also cracks me up when people call him a Childers imitator – kid sounds like WCG singing Moreland songs.
August 20, 2023 @ 7:13 am
Has Zach written a shuffle?
August 18, 2023 @ 8:16 pm
Excited for this. The past few months I’ve finally gotten into Zach Bryan and I get it. I’m a huge fan now. Summertime Blues was the one that actually pulled me in finally maybe because it was a more manageable length. I’m hoping this one kills too. I really think his non irony/straightforward emotionalism speaks to a generation that grew up on social media and represents a correction to the irony/postmodern/meta millennial generation. It’s the art of people who grew up oversharing on social media. I think he is what more and more art will be and I’m finally on board.
August 18, 2023 @ 8:52 pm
It is interesting how the same people who cannot decipher a pre-recorded live performance are the same ones to glom onto Zach Bryan’s raw acoustic sound. Someone commented that Zach Bryan is Emo Country, and that is EXACTLY how I feel about it.
August 19, 2023 @ 3:21 pm
You’ve said that twice now. At least. It’s been registered.
August 18, 2023 @ 9:04 pm
Didn’t Zach Bryan sell out like HARDY?
August 19, 2023 @ 9:20 am
To quote HARDY, “Wall to wall, and I still ain’t sold out”
August 18, 2023 @ 11:48 pm
Just noticed the apostrophe in “Fear and Friday’s.” Unless he’s singing about TGIFriday’s, that’s a no-no.
August 25, 2023 @ 7:02 am
It’s a song about the spin dip and potato skins at Chili’s.
August 19, 2023 @ 2:09 am
…dear lord, i swear i shall never ever complain again about albums with less than a dozen songs on it. perhaps, you could give zach bryan a sign that the world won’t come to an end any day soon – even if you seem to enjoy it quite a bit teasing us with donald. so, there’s really no reason to rush things the way zach’s doing it with his output. by the way, nice one that linking him up with kacey musgraves – you ol’ dog of a matchmaker.
August 19, 2023 @ 4:50 am
“Zach Bryan is getting ready to release what will be one of the most important and anticipated albums…”
Maybe anticipated, but I don’t know about the “one of the most important” part of this statement.
August 19, 2023 @ 7:21 am
Any album that challenges for the #1 spot on the charts is fair to call “important.” It may not be important to you, but that doesn’t mean it’s not important.
August 19, 2023 @ 6:50 am
I guess I will try this again. Made a simple message commenting on album, nothing negative and it didn’t go through. I am looking forward to the sierra ferrell and maybe the Lumineers collaborations. Not a big fan of his but some songs lately have been better or more to my taste I should say. He said this is more for his fans so not expecting it to change my opinion of him.
August 19, 2023 @ 9:36 am
Sometimes after I hit “post comment,” I’ll get a “you’re posting too fast” message. And if I don’t go back to hit “post comment” again, that message won’t post.
Also, numbers in the name now are not permitted. A few of my posts were lost because of that too.
People get defensive over their comments not posting when Trig is by far the most liberal at allowing posts (to his deterrent) and it’s 99% a technical issue.
As for the new ZB, I can’t wait.
August 19, 2023 @ 3:02 pm
Nah I guess with this moderation thing now, it takes a long time for things to go through. My first post eventually went through
August 19, 2023 @ 7:00 am
Zach Bryan and Turnpike releasing albums on the same day has a real Barbie/Oppenheimer Meme feel to it.
August 19, 2023 @ 7:59 am
I’m guessing this album will still sound a lot like his last one (yawn), though I’m curious about the collaborators he’s working with.
August 19, 2023 @ 9:02 am
What a fuck you move to Turnpike
August 19, 2023 @ 9:31 am
Everyone saying this is a bad move toward Turnpike but I don’t get it. At this point he’s a bigger artist than they are. If neither albums are worth anything maybe can look back at this day as one of the best release days there’s been similar to when Childers released Country Squire and the Moonpies released Cheap Silver
August 19, 2023 @ 9:50 am
I remember that Tyler Childers/Moonpies release day. Both artists were playing Pickathon, and I happened to be there. It was an epic day in music.
Or when Jason Isbell released “Southeastern,” Sturgill Simpson released “High Top Mountain,” and John Moreland released “In The Throes.” We just reminisced recently on the 10 year anniversary of how that was a legendary day in music.
Right now there is so much cynicism and negativity coming across in really everything in society. In previous years, folks would be excited for a release day like this.
My fear is for the up-and-coming artists that are releasing albums that day. But it’s my job they don’t go overlooked.
August 19, 2023 @ 9:52 am
Add me to the list of people who doesn’t understand people being upset about him releasing the same day as the Turnpike album. It’s not like (most) people are budgeting and figuring out which one of the two albums they’re gonna go buy. It’s entirely possible to stream 2 albums in a single day. I can’t say I’m particularly excited about the Bryan album, but I’l give it a listen.
August 19, 2023 @ 1:12 pm
I agree. Personally I cannot remember buying any album the day it was released. Most of what I listen to is old vinyl anyway. I’m just kind of pissed that in all the years I’ve spent studying about and listening to country music I had never heard The Chuckwagon Gang until my friend brought some albums over last Tuesday! One of the longest running acts to record with Columbia Records! Anyway, best of luck to both ZB and TT, I’m sure I won’t remember to listen to either. But I did meet a pretty cute ZB fan the other night so I bet there might be a little more of his music in my immediate future!
August 19, 2023 @ 6:56 pm
The last time I went out and bought a physical CD on a release date was in high school when Metallica released “Saint Anger.” I went to wal mart at 6:30 AM to get it. I walked into home room and gave it to a guy who I knew liked Metallica because it was such a let down.
August 19, 2023 @ 1:30 pm
I don’t understand the criticism of Zach Bryan. Is it because he has become successful? He offers something different and I have grown to enjoy his music. I look forward to his album on the 25th )if released on CD_ and Turnpike Troubadours and Morgan Wade……..it does look like a day for great releases. There is some great music out there….something for all to like …..no need to criticise and attack if you don’t!
August 19, 2023 @ 3:29 pm
Good googly it’s so refreshing seeing all the fellow commenters who “don’t get it” and think the 15-30 track albums are ridiculous.
This guy doesn’t feel like he exists in the same universe as most of the music discussed on this site—yet he also seems to be like an AI generated version of what Spotify might suggest as “music you may like.”
I enjoyed a couple of the very earliest EP songs. The recycled chord progressions and even entire couplets on the 2 hour debut full length really soured me.
As others have said, I’m glad he and his fans have found each other. I am just not one of them. The cheap shots about emo country are kinda funny because I grew up in the country listening to emo music. I think Ruston Kelly does a great job of mixing those influences and creating something great out of it. Ruston certainly came out on top in the split with Kacey, and it’s interesting to see her name on the track list. Sort of fitting as she trended from bona fide country music Mother Mary to tacky revenge pop. ZB may not have a bone to pick with an ex but I get similar vibes from him. From the country but making teenager pop. Nothing wrong with that, just an observation.
Also funny seeing ZB feature the Lumineers… that’s more of the sound I think of when I think of Bryan. It’s like low fi “stomp and holler” (a Spotify invented genre that refers to Mumford & Sons and their progeny). I love emo music unabashedly but definitely don’t immerse myself in it in my mid-30s. Always feels good to reminisce to a silly playlist when I need a boost out on a run, though.
I’m super stoked for the new Turnpike album which comes out on August 25th and will fully introduce us to their new Shooter Jennings produced sound. While I have my reservations about the production and weight of expectations around this album, I cannot overstate how much more excited I am for it than another corny album that gets played in all the tourist trap joints near my favorite fishin holes.
August 19, 2023 @ 5:19 pm
Whatever.
I will be rocking the Turnpike all day on the 25th and for the following week.
Bryan will have to wait a week.
The legends come first.
August 19, 2023 @ 5:19 pm
Someone should tell Bryan to find some good cover art.
August 19, 2023 @ 8:13 pm
My first impression of this cover art was “oh, it’s just a guy smoking a cigarette.” No one outside of country music fans will recognize his side profile.
Maybe I am giving the “art” too much merit, but I feel it’s representative of the way he wants to be seen. Goes along with his statements on the album: “this one was for me, I do not care if you like it” and that he “made it for [his] people”. He changed the name (thank god) from Writers & Fighters to self-titled. It represents him. Hence the simple album cover.
August 22, 2023 @ 6:04 am
“Country music fans” are a small subset of “Zach Bryan fans” at this point.
Dude’s selling out venues in Europe with kids singing every word to every song.
August 25, 2023 @ 7:05 am
It’s exactly the same cover as The Replacements’ “don’t Tell a Soul” or Mogwai “Come On Die Young”.
Damn good company I’d say.
August 20, 2023 @ 3:52 pm
I have never been a fan of ZB, nor do I understand the fascination with him! I do think it’s a dick move releasing it on Turnpike’s big day! Turnpike Troubadours has had 2 albums that peaked at #3 on the charts, and here is there chance to have a #1 album, which is important to their “brand”. It won’t matter to me, because I know what album will be #1 for me!!
I wish the guy all the success in the world, but his young fans are some of the most annoying I have seen. The only thing I am happy about is that bringing Charles Wesley Godwin along as an opener has really helped his career!!!
August 20, 2023 @ 10:10 pm
Damn people in the comments acting like it’s either/or when it comes to Turnpike and Zach. People who like each one will still listen to each one and those like me who are happy for a good release day will stream both.
August 21, 2023 @ 12:12 am
remember when Zach Bryan messed up a bunch of references in “Felker”?
disclaimer: I love Zach Bryan’s music but I love turnpike more
August 21, 2023 @ 6:09 am
I’m excited about this because it seems like he’s had his experience and maybe now we get to see who the real Zach Bryan is, musically. He has so much potential, it just seems like he’s been doing a lot of derivative stuff so far.
August 23, 2023 @ 11:14 am
It is an expensive day and have a few on order. I hope Zach Bryan does release on CD. Just not into the download thing at all. Just don’t understand the critics of Zach Bryan but must say not keen on the album artwork.
August 24, 2023 @ 5:48 am
ugh I wish he would use the pic you used vs the one he shows there with cigarette
August 24, 2023 @ 9:53 am
Man there is a bunch of whiners on this page. I remember a few years ago Zane Williams, William Clark Green, and Randy/Wade released albums close to if not on the same day as each other. It was one of the most exciting days for me to be a music fan. I fell the exact same way about TT and ZB. The most important music for rural America comes out of Oklahoma.
August 27, 2023 @ 7:37 am
Is it just me or is this Zach Bryan guy utterly talentless?? I mean he cant sing. Just droning on lines that arrant even real melodies cause he doesn’t have any vocal range to sing melodies. Guitar is basic little muted chord riffs. Each song the same. I long for the days of 90’s country with talented innovative performers and songs.