Kai Crowe-Getty used to rock out when he fronted the band Lord Nelson, but he’s more introspective on his solo debut album, The Wreckage. Oh, he still rocks out, just not as much, and he is far removed from being a sensitive singer-songwriter.
His music more closely resembles that of Neil Young’s country rock period of the mid-1970s or Tom Petty‘s solo work during the 1990s. Think American Stars ‘n’ Bars and Wildflowers as sonic touchstones.
The Wreckage doesn’t copy the tropes of these artists as much as share their use of an electric guitar and confessional lyrics to express personal pain without melodrama or grandiose statements. Life is hard. The open road goes nowhere. Love fades. So it goes, but it’s not all bad.
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