DownloadThis is the 5th album of M. Ward's. He has been described before as filling the gap between folk, country, and blues.
"The title track sheds a bit of light on where Ward's mind is, and that's to say he's right about where he usually is. Ward's post-war is internal, relational; it's adjusting to new realities, both pleasant and not. Backed with electric piano and shaker-- a sort of slow-motion r&b setting-- Ward's endearingly creaky tenor softly draws the line between then and now: "You say the money just ain't what it used to be/ Man how we used to tear apart this town/ Put a dollar into the machine and you'll remember how." The humidity is so high in the arrangement that I swear my speakers got wet." [from Pitchfork]
Jim James (of My Morning Jacket), Neko Case, and Mike Mogis (of Bright Eyes) also appear on several tracks of this album.