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Mutiny After Midnight, the new album from Sturgill Simpson under his pseudonym Johnny Blue Skies, is neatly divided into songs about fucking and songs about how America is fucked.
Alongside backing band The Dark Clouds, the album finds Johnny Blue Skies venturing further and further from Simpson’s alt-country roots. 2024’s Passage du Desir indulged his psych-rock side, while Mutiny After Midnight is here to dance: dancing in the club, dancing between the sheets (sometimes in explicit detail), dancing on America’s grave.
“Make America Fuk Again” sets the tone. The opener blends all of these impulses into a rip of blue-eyed funk, inspired by Earth, Wind and Fire and the velvety tones of Steely Dan. Simpson is clearly having fun, as when he boasts that “I got that Hunter Biden energy/ I’ll make a hooker fuck around and fall in love.” But he’s also seething with anger, and the chorus features him crying, “Wanna make America not suck again/ Wanna start a revolution, watch it begin.” If the White House burns down, Mr. Blue Skies will be the first one to stand up and groove.
Tracklist
1. Make America Fuk Again (04:30)
2. Excited Delirium (02:01)
3. Don’t Let Go (04:44)
4. Stay on That (04:33)
5. Viridescent (04:41)
6. Situation (05:39)
7. Venus (05:53)
8. Everyone Is Welcome (05:15)
9. Ain’t That a Bitch (06:40)
Cat no: 75678588860
Mutiny After Midnight, the new album from Sturgill Simpson under his pseudonym Johnny Blue Skies, is neatly divided into songs about fucking and songs about how America is fucked.
Alongside backing band The Dark Clouds, the album finds Johnny Blue Skies venturing further and further from Simpson’s alt-country roots. 2024’s Passage du Desir indulged his psych-rock side, while Mutiny After Midnight is here to dance: dancing in the club, dancing between the sheets (sometimes in explicit detail), dancing on America’s grave.
“Make America Fuk Again” sets the tone. The opener blends all of these impulses into a rip of blue-eyed funk, inspired by Earth, Wind and Fire and the velvety tones of Steely Dan. Simpson is clearly having fun, as when he boasts that “I got that Hunter Biden energy/ I’ll make a hooker fuck around and fall in love.” But he’s also seething with anger, and the chorus features him crying, “Wanna make America not suck again/ Wanna start a revolution, watch it begin.” If the White House burns down, Mr. Blue Skies will be the first one to stand up and groove.
Tracklist
1. Make America Fuk Again (04:30)
2. Excited Delirium (02:01)
3. Don’t Let Go (04:44)
4. Stay on That (04:33)
5. Viridescent (04:41)
6. Situation (05:39)
7. Venus (05:53)
8. Everyone Is Welcome (05:15)
9. Ain’t That a Bitch (06:40)
Cat no: 75678588860
