Sturgill Simpson "Metamodern Sounds in Country Music" 2022-11-04 The album's lyrics explore diverse

The album's lyrics explore diverse subject matter as opposed to their previous albums

As the founding member of The Smashing Pumpkins

The band recorded and produced the album with Butch Vig in early 1992 at The Magic Shop studios

and guitarist Michael Paulsen

As much as their collaborative imaginations melded

Sturgill Simpson "Metamodern Sounds in Country Music" 2022-11-04 The album's lyrics explore diverseAn allusion to Ray Charles groundbreaking 1962 record, Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music hints at the psychedelic sounds found within. Compared to Waylon Jennings and Merle Haggard, Simpson explores a more progressive side of outlaw country in his wholly unique and captivating second album.