CHRIS LANDRY AND THE SEASICK MOMMAS – Two Ninety Three
RELEASE DATE: November 28, 2019
Chris
Landry and the Seasick Mommas make the kind of roots music that could
be described as, well, rootless. Yes, their sound has a lot of familiar
elements—haunting melodies, unflinchingly honest lyrics, raw vocals,
shimmering pedal steel—but above all it is the deeply personal stories
Landry tells that set him apart from other singer/songwriters. Two ninety three is the new offering from the Ottawa-based group, the follow-up to their 2017 debut, One fifty five.
Why the numbered titles? These are the addresses where Landry was
residing when he wrote the records. Like two of his formative idols,
Willie Nelson and Neil Young—the band name Seasick Mommas is borrowed
from Neil’s “For The Turnstiles”—Landry strives for simplicity and
directness while simultaneously turning the tables on tradition as
artists such as Sturgill Simpson and Daniel Romano have done so
brilliantly in recent years.