2xLP BLACK VINYL

Home is the first album Billy Strings released on a prominent label -- it came out on Rounder, which seems like a major in comparison to his self-released records and the tiny indie Apostol -- and it plays a little bit like a coming-out party. Here, Strings demonstrates his facility with traditional bluegrass but spends a lot of time pushing at the boundaries of the style, inching into atmospheric psychedelic territory when he stretches out on the seven-minute epics "Away from the Mire" and "Home." What's interesting about Strings' achievement is that these flourishes are placed in the context of traditional bluegrass, giving his music a depth and richness that also helps enliven the straighter, simpler moments on the album.

A1        Taking Water  4:08
A2        Must Be Seven  3:28
A3        Running  2:57
A4        Away From The Mire  7:43
B1        Home  7:36
B2        Watch It Fall  4:37
B3        Long Forgotten Dream  4:29
C1        Highway Hypnosis  5:08
C2        Enough To Leave  3:45
C3        Hollow Heart  2:35
C4        Love Like Me  2:53
D1        Everything's The Same  2:54
D2        Guitar Peace  4:16
D3        Freedom  2:34