On his seventh full-length, retro-country-swing maestro Hancock continues to craft dated yet timeless songs that make even the punkest insurgent-country updates seem overly stylized by comparison. You won't hear better, clearer, more invigorating old-school guitar and stand-up bass tones anywhere, and Hancock's tenor conveys the party and the heartbreak and the long and lonely road with equally wistful success. The first couple of listens may lend the mistaken impression of sameness, but repeated exposures tease out the humor and the various styles and tempos embedded in Hancock's own prairie-swing sound. - Scott Harrell