Transnormal Skiperoo

I don’t know if Jim White has seen the devil (if you read the story included in his Wrong-Eyed Jesus liner notes he’s at least met someone pretty close) but he seems to write from the vantage of an existential crossroads. A place, in his world, where the path to righteousness and the folly of man converge. Jim’s gothic americana weaves rustic country, swampy blues and revved-up gospel into a plaintive and strange, honest and entrancing songwriting that gets better with each album.

Preview his new record (co-produced with Joe Pernice) at Luaka Bop, buy it, and then most certainly if you have the chance, go see him live. If nothing else, you’ll go home with an earful full of stories.