Alabama Shakes Sound & Color (Clear Vinyl) (2 Lp's) too many nights making for a solid bunch

making for a solid bunch of tunes

It's easy to see why they were so impressed: The Pixies' essential sound -- Francis' unearthly shriek of a voice

Linda Ronstadt

pushing him to sharpen his lyrics

A record well suited to any location

Alabama Shakes Sound & Color (Clear Vinyl) (2 Lp's) too many nights making for a solid bunchOn their 2012 debut Boys & Girls, Alabama Shakes never hid that they were creatures of the New South a band with old fashioned blues, soul, gospel, and country in their blood but raised on modern rock. On their 2015 follow up, Sound & Color, they free themselves from the vestiges of the past, let loose, and push themselves further in either direction. This could've resulted in a disjointed record pulling itself in two opposing directions, but the mess