![]() But unlike past efforts, where the narratives were mostly distant character sketches and the messy difficulties portrayed therein relied on a heavy dose of dark country humor, the songs on Interstate Gospel convey a much more intimate personal urgency. Their songs are populated by men and women struggling with prescription medication, marriage, mid-life crises, malaise and marijuana. On paper, the Annies’ latest, like its predecessors, focuses on the type of small-town domestic drama the group has become known for. “The Pistol Annies’ solution? Doubling down on the roots-blend they’ve honed over the better part of the past decade, merging Ashley Monroe’s East TN bluegrass roots, Angaleena Presley’s hardscrabble Kentucky country-rock and Miranda Lambert’s Texas honky-tonk. “The ethos of the Pistol Annies, who steep their classicist country - rife with despair and misfortune - in rootsy arrangements, has not been welcomed within the mainstream confines of the genre in some time,” writes Jonathan Bernstein. EDITOR’S PICK: Pistol Annies, Interstate Gospel
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