With some emotional material to work with in the form of his recent divorce, Matt Shultz and company ended up with something largely forgettable, especially past the first three tracks. Two questions worth pondering: once labeled "alt rock", is a band required to reinvent its sound on occasion to keep a lease on that label? Is the aftermath of a romance a more fertile ground for moving songwriting than the events leading to its collapse? This LP answers both questions the same way.
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2019, RCA