A Houston native currently living in Los Angeles, Jason Hawk Harris has been dealing with a lot of turmoil lately, including illness, death, and addiction among those closest to him. And like any decent artist, he’s parlayed that strife into excellent art on this debut solo album.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Smoke And The Stars\u201d starts the album with a burst of ambience before settling into a powerful yet sparse setting, where soulful vocals are complemented by aching pedal steel as the song shifts from fuller, ebullient moments and back to bare. \u201cCussing At The Light\u201d follows and goes entirely the opposite direction into to shuffling honky tonk sounds that will get you dusting off your boots and heading to the dance floor. <\/p>\n
Elsewhere, \u201cGiving In\u201d flows with brilliant and melodic alt-country sounds that will remind you of the best days of Ryan Adams, while \u201cPhantom Limb\u201d stays soft and adventurous with a haunting feel in its sublime balladry. Near the end, \u201cBlessed Interruption\u201d makes great use of keys and guitar riffs for a unique brand of Americana, and \u201cRed Room Blues,\u201d the shortest tune at just two minutes, is a quick blast of playful country rock with pop flair. \u201cGrandfather\u201d ends the record dreamy and introspective and builds into a busy, dizzying display.<\/p>\n
Harris is also a member of the esteemed indie folk outfit The Show Ponies, though his solo work is a far more personal venture (he even shares details from his mother’s funeral), and one that brings him back to his country roots. This release flows with a timelessness that brings to mind legends like Jackson Browne, Steve Earle, and even future legends like Jason Isbell. If you have an ear for Americana, don’t sleep on Love & The Dark<\/i> \u2013 it’s hands down the best album of its kind for 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":33900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[10428],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-45727","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-jason-hawk-harris","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45727"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}