Name: High Top Mountain
Brand: Sturgill Simpson

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

vjlp214

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Download code

Download code: Yes

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

180g

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2015-07-23

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

The Orchard

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

5029432021419

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vjcd214

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2014-02-17

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Sturgill Simpson

Genre GB

Country / Americana

Label GB

Loose Music

<p>Formerly the leader of Sunday Valley, an energetic roots outfit that made some waves in the early years of the new millennium, Sturgill Simpson gained greater renown as a solo artist, thanks in large part to his muscular 2013 solo debut High Top Mountain. An outlaw country record in form and feel -- its debt to Waylon Jennings clear and unashamed -- High Top Mountain became a word-of-mouth hit in 2013, thereby establishing Simpson's country credentials and opening the door to a wider future.</p>

<p>A native of Jackson, Kentucky and raised near Lexington, Simpson has deep southern roots, but he moved out west once he reached his late teens. In 2004, he formed Sunday Valley, receiving a big break when they played Portland, Oregon's Pickathon Festival in 2011. Sturgill went solo in 2012, beginning work on the album that became High Top Mountain, which appeared the following year.</p>

Total old school outlaw country, in a Waylon style. And boy he has lived the life for real - son of a policeman, went off the rails, then travelled the trains.  As soon as High Top Mountain begins to unspool, it's hard to shake the feeling that Sturgill Simpson's 2013 debut isn't some kind of tribute to Waylon Jennings. When the tempo slows down and the arrangements are stripped to an acoustic guitar, he can at times recall Jamey Johnson, but that troubadour himself owes a significant debt to Waylon, so having the slow tunes conjure Johnson isn't a dramatic shift in tone, but it does give 'High Top Mountain' a bit of depth, suggesting Simpson knows he does not reside in 1978. 10 originals with 2 covers.

High Top Mountain

Music GB