Avett Brothers True Sadness (2 Lp's) 10/16/20 with slick production

with slick production

Formed in Leeds in 1980 by Gary Marx and Andrew Eldritch

unreserved in their beauty

This is the Dead at their most improvisational while still retaining the Blues-Rock roots of the 'Pigpen' years

Avett Brothers True Sadness (2 Lp's) 10/16/20 with slick productionThere's a melancholy to the title of the Avett Brothers' 2016 album True Sadness, but the album's tone doesn't mirror its name. Certainly, there's a bit of a sorrowful undercurrent, something that surfaces on "Divorce Separation Blues," but often there's a buoyancy to the music's spirit, a lightness that's evident even in the burnished bluegrass ballads, tunes where the harmonies and plucked strings combine into a sense of sweetness. Always throwbacks