The newest album from Todd Snider finds a broken man breathily singing sparse numbers as High, Lonesome and Then Some feels less like an album title and more like Snider’s perpetual state of mind over these nine tracks.
Known for his humor and insightful songwriting, Snider scales it all back, delivering generalities via gravelly dirt road blues that at times feel like demo offerings or first takes. Working with producers Aaron Lee Tasjan, Robbie Crowell, and Joe Bisirri, the exasperated Snider employs a band (Tasjan on second electric guitar, Sterling Finlay on electric bass, and Robbie Crowell on drums) but mostly regulates them to minimalist support or sitting on the sidelines.
Snider tries on an uninspired, less musically…

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