Steve Earle And The Dukes Terraplane (Transparent Gold Vinyl)

Steve Earle And The Dukes Terraplane (Transparent Gold Vinyl)Terraplane takes its title from the 1930s Hudson Motor Car Company of Detroit model, which also inspired the Robert Johnson song, "Terraplane Blues." It is Earle's 16th studio album since the release of his highly influential 1986 debut Guitar Town. As its title suggests, the album is very much a blues record, some of which was written while Earle toured Europe alone for five weeks with just a guitar, a mandolin and a backpack. Earle, who was raised

" while the rest of the band ably follows in Sabbath-y suit

especially on the mutated R&B tracks like "10 d E A T h b R E a s T

buoyed by Al Harewood's cooking cymbal work

Laurence Tolhurst (keyboards

Stevie Wonder had spent the '70s making his transition into adulthood by redefining pop music and winning widespread public and critical acclaim (along with a boatload of Grammys)

even as it turns the established form on its head and gives it a spin

It was released on May 31

Pitchfork gave the album a 9

" genuine Page-turners

Released: 8/30/19

"Future Reflections"    4:00

with videos forming an integral part of the release