Shoulders, Nick - Refugia Blues (Indie Exclusive, Bronze Vinyl, 140 Gram) GEFB002428701.1

Shoulders, Nick - Refugia Blues (Indie Exclusive, Bronze Vinyl, 140 Gram) GEFB002428701.1Refugia Blues, the fifth album from Nick Shoulders, is a record of big ideas and small, intimate moments. These nine songs are rooted in the stylings of Southern traditional music. Sparse, timeless, and unamplified, they're older than the sounds Shoulders saluted on albums like 2023's All Bad, with it's loud, whooping anthems for roadhouses and sweaty dancehalls. Here, Shoulders isn't shouting over a band. He isn't bringing a crowd to it's feet with

Flay's Dance-Pop hit "It's Been So Long" exclusively pressed into vinyl featuring special apple artwork print

whether you're speaking of life or music

John Prine's second studio album including "Sour Grapes" and "Souvenirs"

including top 10 charting "Semi-Charmed Life"

and "Jeremy"

the self-produced album featured more surrealistic and introspective writing than on A

It is the longest span of time Mitski has ever spent on a record

As RZA himself put it

and graceful grit

"Hoe Cakes" borrows it's name from the sweet

(“Good Enough”

funky instrumental that would have been home on a late Talking Heads album)