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Southeastern

Jason Isbell

Southeastern

The one-time Drive-By Trucker and leader of The 400 Unit with a 2nd solo album of introspective country rock songs

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8.1

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Southeastern
UK Release date
11/06/2013
US Release date
11/06/2013
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  1. 10.0 |   Blurt

    Listening to this stunning album will provide you with your own moment of clarity. Don’t let it slip away
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  2. 9.1 |   A.V. Club

    For the most part Southeastern is pretty serious business. Then again, so is life and the one that Isbell has lived thus far is certainly worth documenting, especially when the songs supporting it are this stunning
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  3. 9.0 |   Paste Magazine

    An album worthy of his considerable talents. Each of the songs is a stunner
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  4. 9.0 |   PopMatters

    It’s a poignant, reflective, and very often frank portrayal of humanity’s dual impulses authored by someone who has lived several chapters, yet knows the story is constantly being rewritten
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  5. 8.0 |   All Music

    Isbell's best solo album thus far
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  6. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Jason’s prose and perspective can at times be downright uncomfortable, but undeniable and rooted in a powerful truth about the way things are. This intensity never lets up for the duration of the record
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  7. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Understated triumph. Print edition only

  8. 8.0 |   The Independent

    Vivid, multi-faceted tales of souls adrift
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  9. 8.0 |   Uncut

    It's Isbell's best album yet
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  10. 8.0 |   Spin

    It's the little details that ring truest, one true line after another
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  11. 7.7 |   Pitchfork

    Easily Isbell’s best solo album - his most richly conceived and generously written
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  12. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Suggests that rehab has sharpened his country-rock storytelling
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