With his honeysuckle drawl and his gift for lyrical detail, Jason Isbell is arguably the most revered roots-rock singer-songwriter of his generation. In his latest collection, something more than free, the 36 year old sings plenty about romantic dedication and past recklessness. The themes recall the singer’s 2013 breakthrough, Southeastern which he mined to great success . But this time around, he trades in that album’s personal tales of crisis and redemption for a more nuanced, wide-angled form of storytelling. The collection set to his trademark country-tinged soft rock, is populated with everyday snapshots from the modern South.
