Leeroy Stagger, born and raised in rural Vancouver Island before moving to southern Alberta, is a prolific artist. Pilgrimage is his thirteenth studio album, having started with Beautiful South in 2005. It is a departure from his previous work, which could be broadly described as electric guitar-based pop, although, of course, this doesn’t fully do it justice. Many of his earlier songs feature Beatles-style melodies, but slide and steel guitar are also heard at times, and there is enough of a twang to firmly place it in the americana camp. However, Stagger’s first bands played punk, with him citing The Clash as an influence, and you also hear rough-edged rock’n’roll on some tracks.
2024’s 3 AM Revelations reminds you strongly of Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, and Stagger…