Wilco Get Back to the Roots They Never Had on 'Cruel Country'

So, the fact that they’ve decided to detour back to the rootsy roots they never wanted isn’t as big a deal as it might have been 10 or 15 years ago. But it’s not nothing, either, as their new record’s ironic title suggests. The band members recordedSky Blue Sky

. Their signature stately, richly textured interplay is so automatic at this point that the album doesn’t really feel looser or even all that more casual than previous Wilco records. But it is less polished, like the most beautifully ornamented home recording imaginable.

Lyrically, country music is all about literalism, something that’s rarely been Tweedy’s strong suit. And unlike Bob Dylan or the Dead’s Robert Hunter, he isn’t as adept at conjuring our shared mythic past, as he is at finding a way to make his own fractured, mossy interiority feel commonplace and weirdly relatable. If he’s telling the story of America, it’s mainly a tale of everyday people trying to map out broken realities they inherent and barely know how to occupy.

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