WHISKEY MYERS TORNILLO
Southern rock is alive and well on Whiskey Myers’ Tornillo – and it comes with a brassy border-town swagger. Equal parts train songs, tenacious energy, and Tabasco, the rough-and-ready set was made over 21 days deep in the Texas desert, and their lawless musicality burns like the sun. (Available July 29.)
JOSH ROUSE GOING PLACES
Isolated in Spain and missing the stage, folk-pop favorite Josh Rouse commandeered a 1950s-era bar during Covid and wrote Going Places for the setting. Loose, light, and rootsy, with horns, organ, and a tasteful touch of exotic flavor, it might be the first example of Latin Americana. (Available July 29.)
LERA LYNN SOMETHING MORE THAN LOVE
Both spacious and claustrophobic, surrendered and empowered, Lera Lynn captures the conflicted joy of new motherhood on Something More Than Love – and her dystopian folk-noir sound is reborn. On this album, ’80s synth pop and soul stirring orchestral swells join the stark-yet-serene melancholy. (Available July 15.)
MURDER BY DEATH SPELL/BOUND
Gothic roots act Murder By Death rises again on Spell/Bound, unleashing their otherworldly alchemy of Western grit and old-world refinement on the land of the living. A macabre mix of Appalachian influence and rock-opera ambition, they’ll be six feet under at
The Caverns July 30. (Available July 29.)