Sirens Of The Ditch

Rating

Album: Sirens Of The Ditch
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Brand New Kind of Actress	More Info...	0:05
2)	Down in a Hole	More Info...	0:04
3)	Try	More Info...	0:05
4)	Chicago Promenade	More Info...	0:03
5)	Dress Blues	More Info...	0:04
6)	Grown	More Info...	0:03
7)	Hurricanes and Hand Grenades	More Info...	0:05
8)	In a Razor Town	More Info...	0:03
9)	Shotgun Wedding	More Info...	0:03
10)	The Magician	More Info...	0:04
11)	The Devil Is My Running Mate	More Info...	0:03

Album: Sirens Of The Ditch
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Brand New Kind of Actress	More Info...	0:05
2)	Down in a Hole	More Info...	0:04
3)	Try	More Info...	0:05
4)	Chicago Promenade	More Info...	0:03
5)	Dress Blues	More Info...	0:04
6)	Grown	More Info...	0:03
7)	Hurricanes and Hand Grenades	More Info...	0:05
8)	In a Razor Town	More Info...	0:03
9)	Shotgun Wedding	More Info...	0:03
10)	The Magician	More Info...	0:04
11)	The Devil Is My Running Mate	More Info...	0:03

Performer Notes

On his first solo album after leaving the popular roots-rock act Drive-By Truckers, Jason Isbell returns home to his native Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Recorded at the legendary Fame Studios, with guest shots from Spooner Oldham and most of Isbell's former bandmates, SIRENS OF THE DITCH fuses the soulful southern rock of the 1970s with the Drive-By Truckers' shaggier charms on tracks like the choogling rocker "Down In A Hole" and the heartfelt anti-war ballad "Dress Blues."

Professional Reviews

Spin (p.102) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[He] cranks out harmonized power pop, sticky Southern rock, a powerful Iraq war lament, and dark yet sprightly country..."

Entertainment Weekly (p.75) - "[A] satisfying mix of guitar-driven stompers and plaintive laments..." -- Grade: A-

Uncut (p.90) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he Muscle Shoals foundation and Isbell's razor-sharp songwriting mark it as an auspicious debut....[The album] signals Isbell as a profound talent."

CMJ (p.44) - "Tinged with country soul, SIRENS gracefully moves from the snappy power-pop of 'Brand New Kind of Actress' to the plaintive Americana of "In A Razor Town'..."

No Depression (p.93) - "[F]lavored more with hooks and power-pop seasonings....'Grown' is all heartland jangle, 'Down In A Hole' is a humid, swamp-rat detour..."