All Your Favorite Songs
Self-Released, 2019
9/10
Listen to All Your Favorite Songs
Though the impetus of this sophomore album from Bennett and company has its origin in tragedy (his father suffered a stroke), the sounds are often upbeat, lively and full of rural influenced gloriousness.
“Rabbits” starts the listen with warm pedal steel in a setting of Americana friendly rock, and “Off The Ground” follows with a brisk pace of cautious melody that’s as timeless as it is infectious.
A record that does live up to its title, “Caroline” is a swift tune of folk-influenced sounds, while “Happy Thoughts” recruits warm, jangly guitars for one of the album’s best and indeed one of your future favorites.
The back half of the affair flows quite nicely, too, with the galloping fun of “Linger On”, the Nashville friendly “in Nashville”, which is about as close to twang as the listen gets, and the pop influenced yet gritty “Vultures”. The record ends on “All Your Favorite Songs”, where the alt-country shines bright and resonates fluidly.
A superb display of country tinted rock’n’roll and the lush ideas of Americana, Bennett turns adversity into flouring art with All Your Favorite Songs, and we’re all better off for it.
Travels well with: The Bottle Rockets- Bit Logic;Old 97’s- Most Messed Up