Ryan Adams – Follow the Lights

Ryan Adams & the Cardinals released a new EP last week entitled Follow The Lights and I have been so busy lately that I am just now getting around to telling you about how great it is.

The EP is comprised of 7 tracks, one which is an outstanding cover of the Alice in Chains track “Down in a Hole”, two tracks are totally new, and the four other tracks are all new recorded versions of older songs. Right off the bat I have to say that the new version of “This Is It” and the cover of “Down in a Hole” are strong favorites (hover over these links and you can listen for yourself right now). Upon a second listen I realized what I always end up realizing about Ryan Adams, the guy is a genius.

I had the pleasure of seeing Ryan Adams perform earlier this year with front row seats at the Wilshire and ever since then his music is always in heavy rotation at The Mughead Review headquarters. I suggest buying this EP right now, you can even download the album in mp3 format right here. How easy is that?

If you have no idea who Ryan Adams is you should go into The Mughead Review Archives, there are a few other posts about him as well as a great video performance.

~ by mughead on October 31, 2007.