Undefeated

Product Description 2014 album from the Alt-Country artist. Bobby Bare, Jr. could've phoned in a career. He could've exploited the fact that he was born into Nashville's Music Row elite, but instead he's blazed his own path of unique songwriting craftsmanship with a voice that blows through you like an unyielding wind on the desolate prairie. UNDEFEATED is BBJ's first release since 2010 and is what he calls his 'break-up record,' but the whole of it is much more involved: this isn't escapism, it's an emotional survival guide. Here are reality checks, clever wordplay and daring arrangements with raw and varied textures, channeling everything from mirror-ball gazing 70s R&B / Soul, to bright ballads from the hills and hollers of Venice Beach, to Bobby's own country music DNA. From anyone else, this refusal to play it on the straight and narrow might sound clutter or disjointed, but Bobby never even breaks a sweat. Review Despite being Nashville royalty by bloodline, Bobby Bare Jr. has never been easy to pin down as strictly country. On "North of Alabama by Mornin'," the kickoff track to Bare's Young Criminals' Starvation League's forthcoming Undefeated, due out April 15 on Bloodshot Records, Bare sounds as rocked-up as ever. Opening with throbs of distortion, a martial stomp-along beat, and ominously squalling guitars. --Spin This year, the band returns with their first studio release since 2010, Undefeated, an insightful album that provides listeners with the immediate gratification of finding bliss through self-reflection… From start to finish, this release influences a soothing message to move forward from heartbreak and sorrow with your head up high. --The Aquarian Weekly Undefeated is a revealing set of songs that spins gold from life's big and little ups and downs. --All Music Guide