Kelly, Ruston - Shape & Destroy IMT1157410.7

Kelly, Ruston - Shape & Destroy IMT1157410.7Vinyl LP pressing. 2020 release. With his sophomore album Shape & Destroy, Nashville based artist Ruston Kelly now documents his experience in maintaining sobriety, and finally facing the demons that led him to drug abuse in the first place. But while Kelly recounts that journey with an unvarnished honesty, his grace and conviction as an artist ultimately turn Shape & Destroy into a work of unlikely transcendence.

The pinnacle of the Dead's studio output

Amanda Shires (on Let Me Down Easy) and the Wood Brothers (on Mother Mountain)

and whose lyrics should be carved in stone

Their latest album adds new elements to the mix including the singing and songwriting debut of gifted bassist Shonna Tucker

Drawing inspiration from new wave and rap

Selections also include "Don't Ask Me No Questions" and "The Battle of Curtis Loew"

And even though their own rap skill was immense

it marks the band's 10th studio album since their debut on Homestead Records in 1985

he's powered by all shades of anger

Farren's restless creative energy led him to fixate on the idea of soundtracking a feature-length film

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