
Zach Top - Cold Beer & Country Music
In 2023, Zach Top traded the high lonesome sound of bluegrass for straight-up country, landing a Top 40 hit with his uber-melodic '90s-throwback "Sounds Like the Radio." The newly mustachioed singer/songwriter leaned heavily on neotraditionalist influences like Randy Travis and Alan Jackson to create a catchy, boot scootin' sound that made reference to era tropes like mullets and jukeboxes. He even namedrops Jackson's 1993 hit "Chattahoochee" in the lyrics. "Sounds Like the Radio" serves as the lead cut from Top's similarly nostalgic debut full-length, Cold Beer & Country Music. Tracks like "The Kinda Woman I Like" and "Ain't That a Heartbreak" land in the same vein as its breakout single, while the entire album makes good use of Top's sweet tenor vocals which lend an amiable tone to the more earnest fare. Coming from an acoustic instrumentalist background, Top wisely employs a band of hotshot players who help breathe life into the otherwise slick production.
Sounds Like The Radio 3:39
Cold Beer & Country Music 3:06
Cowboys Like Me Do 2:59
There’s The Sun 3:25
Dirt Turns To Gold 3:11
The Kinda Woman I Like 2:39
Lonely For Long 3:37
Bad Luck 3:19
Use Me 3:57
Ain’t That A Heartbreak 3:26
I Never Lie 3:45
Things To Do 3:00