ALLEN,TERRY / PANHANDLE MYSTERY BAND - BLOODLINES Vinyl LP

On his manifold fourth album, acclaimed songwriter and visual artist Terry Allen contemplates kinship-the ways sex and violence stitch and sever the ties of family, faith, and society-with skewering satire and affection alike. Bloodlines compiles thematically related but disparate recordings from miscellaneous sources both theatrical and historical: two songs written for plays; two full-band reprises of selections from Juarez; the irreverent hellfire-hitchhiker-on-highway ballad "Gimme a Ride to Heaven Boy" (featuring Joe Ely); and the poignant eponymous ode to the arteries of ancestry and landscape (the debut recording of eight-year-old Natalie Maines, later covered by Lucinda Williams). This first-ever vinyl reissue, remastered from the original analog tapes, includes a gatefold jacket and inner sleeve with restored, new, and alternate artwork and photos by Allen and friends; an insert with lyrics and original notes; and a high-res download code. No veteran country songwriter sounds more attuned to the national mood. His songs still feel like little guidebooks for staring down a harsh universe. - The Washington Post

Track List:

1.1 Bloodlines (I)
1.2 Gimme a Ride to Heaven Boy
1.3 Cantina Carlotta
1.4 Ourland
1.5 Oh Hally Lou
1.6 Oh What a Dangerous Life
1.7 Manhattan Bluebird
1.8 There Oughta Be a Law Against Sunny Southern California
1.9 Bloodlines (II)

Label: Paradise Bachelors