SOFT SHOULDER - Not The New One LP alt-country fun - and simultaneously jarring

fun - and simultaneously jarring

cover versions and live tracks

during a conversation upstairs at producer Bruce Watson’s Delta-Sonic Studio in her hometown of Memphis

By track 3 -- the stunningly gorgeous ‘The Dusk Pines’ -- their brand of relaxo-drone is going down very nicely with my post-lunch coffee

right or wrong

SOFT SHOULDER - Not The New One LP alt-country fun - and simultaneously jarringJames Fella, as far as we can tell, is one of the DIY underground's truest believers. His band Soft Shoulder (which is often, but not always, just him playing every instrument) has stuck fairly close to its template of clattering no wave ish songcraft for a decade now, evoking a hot purple streak of vintage Rhys Chatham and Mars despite the fact that his Arizona surroundings have precious little to do with Ye Olde Downtown 81. Strains of previous