Songs of Innocence, U2 (2014)
Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, Sturgill Simpson (2014)
Lost in the dream, The War on Drugs (2014)
Songs of Innocence, U2 (2014)
As you may know, To know me is to know I’m a gigantic fan of U2. There are bigger fans, and I only go back with them to 1987’s Joshua Tree, which to som superfans makes me a Johnny-come-lately, A lot of people dismissed Songs of Innocence out of the annoyance of having it automatically loaded to their iPhones. What they missed out on is a masterful record, probably their best since 2004’s How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. The album is a U2 origin story that goes back to their early lives in North Dublin. There is an ode to Bono’s mother Iris, who passed when he was 14 and started on a path to ruin that linking up with music saved him. Imy U2 catalog, I arrange Innocence coming before Boy chronologically. The record is well worth having in your collection
https://youtu.be/bsoqmFL1vlU “Red Eyes”
Southeastern, Jason Isbell (2013)
Trouble Will Find Me, The National (2013)
