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Ryan Adams (born David Ryan Adams on November 5, 1974) is an alt-country and rock and roll songwriter and singer from Jacksonville, North Carolina. Initially part of the group Whiskeytown, which was at the time considered one of the leaders of the alt-country genre, Adams left the band and released his first solo album, Heartbreaker, in 2000 (which was subsequently nominated for the Shortlist Music Prize). As well as his solo albums, Adams has released five albums as Ryan Adams & the Cardinals. Read more on Last.fm
If this album had a smell, it would be stale cigarettes and cheap beer. If it had a look, it would be a motel room bed with the covers pulled to one side as a muted TV bathes the room in blue.
Ryan Adams most uncomplicated album, Easy Tiger is a low fi alt country rock record about hopeless romantics, bad one night stands and prostitutes. It’s power lies within Adams band, the ever on the mark Cardinals, as they wash Adams pained, youthful croon in layers of steel guitar and paint brush drumming, all while Adams strums away like uncaged bird.
On tracks like “Goodnight Rose” and “Two”, Adams is desperate and in need of some cheap, no frills love. He sings about it like he’s never gonna find it again. The albums best only fast number is the punk rock banger “Halloweenhead”, where Adams manages to sound at once like Sonic Youth and Wilco. The record has no weakness.
Buy it……love it.