Ryan Curtis- Ain't Ever Easy (Vinyl) Concerto Foscari

Ryan Curtis- Ain't Ever Easy (Vinyl) Concerto FoscariThe muscular, chooglin' beat of the country funk heater "Can't Take Back" opens Ryan Curtis' sophomore album 'Ain't Ever Easy.' Like a steam train gliding into some high desert station, it bears the strong vintage machinery of Curtis' "alt country from the high country" sound. The song lopes in on oozing guitar and keys over a backbeat that pulses sexier than a breakup song has the right to be. Regret has rarely sounded this happy, but Curtis is

Buzz Osbourne's guitar sound is deep and heavy and combined with Dale Crover's powerful drum rolls and fills it sounds really impressive

" LP pressed on clear vinyl

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Lacquer cutting by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios

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and garage rock

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and activist

the music drifts through multi-faceted soundscapes