The ever-elusive Americana maverick Jim White returns with his most upbeat, hallucinogenic record to date, out now on Loose.
Known for his catalog of dark ruminations on all things Southern, White’s latest outing, Misfit’s Jubilee, features a nonstop parade of manic, blue-collar conflagrations exploring realms dark and light, mystic and mundane, cynical and heartfelt; all presented within a buoyant, hook-laden sonic framework.
Misfit’s Jubilee draws from an array of original songs penned by White over the span of several decades—scattered among the recent compositions are songs back-burnered in previous epochs by White’s major label handlers, this after said songs were deemed too extreme for his “brand”. With no such middle-man constraints this go-round, in Misfit’s Jubilee White has found the perfect vehicle to unleash his twisted take on southern folk rock. As White’s protagonist in the song Wonders Never Cease defiantly declares, “A motel’s as good a place as any to let your demons fly!”
Amen, Brother White.
“The friskiest, most rock’n’roll album of his career”
8/10
UNCUT
“The timeless fury of these songs is just what we need more of right now”
★★★★
MOJO
“Upbeat and bursting with playfulness, the epitome of which is Smart Ass Reply - a bundle of pop energy that sounds like the Go-Go’s covering Violent Femmes.”
THE SUNDAY TIMES
“His sixth LP is another terrific, idiosyncratic set… each song is a study in how a wayward or broken life – and of this he presumably has wide experience – can deliver wisdom or beauty in its own curious way. time spent with Jim White’s music is never wasted, and misfit’s Jubilee underscores why.”
4/5
THE METRO
