Ryan Curtis: Ain't Ever Easy - VINYL LP

Ryan Curtis: Ain't Ever Easy - VINYL LP

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Title:

Ain't Ever Easy

Artist:

Ryan Curtis

Label:

American Standard

Product Type:

VINYL LP

UPC:

877746004988

Genre:

Country

Release Date:

2023-08-11

Number of Discs:

1

The 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 capable of turning love and loss into dripping hot, powerful songs. Over the last decade the various styles of country have become Curtis' stock-in-trade. With a gravelly growl he paints cinematic pictures of picaresque people from the Midwest and the badlands; down and out townies, bar room drifters, forlorn lovers, and resilient loners fill his visionary tales, mournful subject matter he turns into country gold. The best thing about Ryan Curtis albums is his ability to cover all the country sub-genres: ballads, western music, honky-tonk, country-rock are all in his oeuvre. 'Ain't Ever Easy' is the best example to date.

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