Sound & Fury

Sturgill Simpson paired Sound & Fury with an anime film, making the album part of a larger visual project. Its music pushes beyond the country arrangements associated with his earlier records, bringing distorted guitars, synthesizers and tightly wound rhythms to the foreground.

“Sing Along” and “A Good Look” make that shift particularly clear. Simpson's voice remains the connecting thread, but the band surrounds it with a dense, sometimes abrasive sound that changes the setting for his songs without erasing his delivery.