What Jeff Tweedy Has Been Trying to Say
The acoustic album <em>Together at Last</em> spotlights the Wilco singer’s knack for communicating about communication.
Jeff Tweedy’s Together at Last, an acoustic album of songs he’s previously recorded, forces the listener to reckon anew with how one of the best songwriters of our day mostly sings in gibberish. Without the layers of instrumental intrigue that distinguish Wilco’s folk rock, the American Dixie cup drinker assassin-ing down the avenue of “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart” and the muzzle of bees of “Muzzle of Bees” have nowhere to hide—they ask to be heard and understood.
also, of course, demonstrates Tweedy’s remarkable talent with songcraft. Even the most avant-garde of Wilco tracks hold up here, evenwhen it’s just harmonica, guitar, and maybe some whistling; a
