Album Review: Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - The Sound Of Nashville

Bringing the band back into the title billing after his two towering 'solo' records of redemption almost suggests Jason Isbell and his combo as something akin to an Americana Springsteen and the E-Streeters.

There's a bigger — perhaps more open — approach to the songs here while retaining their confessional candour. Like His Bruceness, Isbell can look both inward and out. Songs like Hope The High Road address America's current state, while If We Were Vampires honestly faces down love's mortality. But the centrepiece is the near-seven minutes of Anxiety, where he still admits his human doubts and worries as few others can.