Weathervanes
SOUTHEASTERN
8/10
JASON ISBELL’S first couple of solo albums after leaving Drive-By Truckers in 2007 had their moments – “Dress Blues”, “Streetlights” – but also sounded like someone trying to teach himself a trade he wasn’t altogether convinced he was cut out for: the hammer landed on the thumb nearly as often as the nail. But the period since Isbell hit his stride properly on 2011’s now demands to be considered one of the great decades (and a bit) assembled by a solo artist. It’s not fanciful, at this point, to invoke Bruce Springsteen from to , or Warren Zevon from his self-titled second LP.
