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Recorded through 2020 but only released in the USA in Jan 21. Love Is The King, a “beautifully honest ode to love and hope,” is the follow-up to 2018’s Warm and 2019’s Warmer, and comes on the heels of Tweedy’s second book, How To Write One Song.
“At the beginning of the lockdown I started writing country songs to console myself. Folk and country type forms being the shapes that come most easily to me in a comforting way. ‘Guess Again’ is a good example of the success I was having at pushing the world away, counting my blessings – taking stock in my good fortune to have love in my life,” comments Tweedy. “A few weeks later things began to sound like ‘Love Is The King’ – a little more frayed around the edges with a lot more fear creeping in. Still hopeful but definitely discovering the limits of my own ability to self soothe.” -Jeff Tweedy
Love Is the King was recorded primarily with older son Spencer on drums and younger son Sammy on harmony vocals in a few spots. And in spite of the electric guitar coming more to the fore here, the album has a more insular and comfortable feel overall. Some of the punchier songs have a distinct country flavor in spite of not revisiting the pedal steel of the prior albums.
