(self-released)
An alt-country/rock hybrid in the vein of Hayes Carll or Sturgill Simpsons first record, Midwest Heart / Southern Blues turns its focus to middle-of-country grit and struggle. The records at its best when it hits its darkest points Pills, Jesus and War and Stabbed to Death in Ohio, songs about being intrinsically fucked over and looking for a way out (even though they are probably roads to nowhere) are the jewels here. And, being structured in smokey-bar-blues-style country, the record wont pull you down too much, either.