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Album of the Day — May 11
Sarah Shook & The Disarmers — Years
11.May.2020
Sarah Shook & The Disarmers
Years
2018
Sarah Shook writes with the simplicity, depth, and power of any of her contemporaries and sings with the swagger and confidence of any protagonist in a Jim Thompson novel.
With Years, the Bloodshot Records recording artist Sarah Shook & The Disarmers firmly established themselves as a formidable force in modern American music.
Now, whether Sarah Shook & The Disarmers qualify as “new country” or “Americana” or “alt-country” is a discussion best had over boilermakers…in a bar with a jukebox loaded with Hank Williams, Black Sabbath, Motorhead and The Replacements.
Like many similar artists, regardless of what you want to call it, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers owe just as much to Merle Haggard and Johnny Cash as to The Smiths and The Clash. While that’s good for the critical listener, it may help explain why some of these artists have a hard time reaching commercial critical mass.
Their music is too rock for country…and too country for rock.
Years clocks in at around 36 minutes, and qualifies as an album that is “all killer and no filler.”
