Judah & the Lion - Pep Talks [Etched Side D]

Format: 2 x 12" Vinyl 
Catalogue No.: RHR075
Barcode: 196626964397
Release Date: 16 Dec 2022
Genre: Alternative

For Judah & the Lion, the last two years should’ve been the best of their lives as the Nashville band toured behind a powerful single and a genre-upending album, sharing stages with heroes and playing to oceans of fans. But as everything was coming together for them, singer-guitarist Judah Akers’ family was falling apart in a hail of alcoholism and affairs, death and divorce. From that tension comes Pep Talks, the trio’s third LP, and a hard left turn into deeply personal terrain. Knowing they had something new on their hands, Judah, Brian Macdonald (mandolin), and Nate Zuercher (banjo) took their time crafting a set of songs that not only shores up their one-of-a-kind sound—a heart-pounding whirl of folk, bluegrass, rock, hip-hop, and electronic production— but takes the listener on a bracingly candid, surprisingly anthemic journey from the kind of pain that tears your whole world apart to the sort of hard-won hope that can bridge the deepest of rifts.

Tracklisting
Disc: 1
1. Queen Songs/human
2. Pep Talks
3. Quarter Life Crisis
4. Don't Mess With My Mama
5. Why Did You Run?
6. 7000x
7. I'm Ok
8. Alright (freak it!)
9. Pictures Feat: Kasey Musgraves
10. Goofballerz
11. Over My Head

Disc: 2
1. JOYBOY
2. Passion Fashion Feat: John Bellion
3. Dance With Ya
4. Family/Best Is Yet To Come
5. sportz
6. 17