Although Dougie Poole might be a country songwriter at heart, the Brooklyn indie-rock scene has influenced his musical vision, and this third solo album showcases his eloquent baritone pipes and live-in-the-studio uses of drum machines, acoustic guitars and synthesizers.<\/p>\n
The title track wisely occupies the leadoff spot, where a cosmic country approach is a bit jangly, plenty warm and shuffles with a very dance floor friendly delivery. \u201cHigh School Gym\u201d then follows, and focuses more on the firm drumming amid the hazy climate that suits Poole’s gentle, melodic singing.<\/p>\n
In the middle, \u201cNothing On This Earth Can Make Me Smile\u201d involves meticulous acoustic guitar and intimate singing to complement the folk tendencies, while \u201cWorried Man Blues\u201d welcomes some honky tonk spirit to the precisely layered storytelling that’s got some grit behind it, too.<\/p>\n
Moving into the back half of the listen, \u201cLived My Whole Life Last Night\u201d is particularly stirring, and superbly meshes aching pedal steel with Poole\u2019s poetic singing, but it\u2019s the sublime strumming and agile drums of \u201cMust Be In Here Somewhere\u201d that will make you an unwavering fan. <\/p>\n
The final track, \u201cI Hope My Baby Comes Home Soon,\u201d leaves us with emotive harmonica and a sweeping sadness that\u2019s dreamy in a longing, despondent sort of way. <\/p>\n
A truly unique take on classic country ideas, Poole’s stylish, heartfelt and modern formula that embraces lo-fi moments, pop music nods and outlaw country puts him in a category all his own. <\/p>\n
Even if you don\u2019t like country music I’d be surprised if you’re not enamored with these nine tracks, and if you do, we’ll this just might be your new favorite voice. Either way, as long as there are stories to tell, something tells me that Poole\u2019s going to relay them, and I\u2019ll definitely be listening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":34816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[10864],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-46680","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-dougie-poole","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46680","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=46680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=46680"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=46680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}