Eric Corne - Happy Songs for the Apocalypse (2018)

Eric Corne's new album 'Happy Songs for the Apocalypse' is a patchwork of Americana; drawing on folk, blues and rock n' roll with tinges of alt country. Lyrically, it's a poetic indictment of a world destined to repeat it's past mistakes; careening into a second gilded age, numbed by new technologies and the false hope of materialism. Notable guests include, Walter Trout (John Lee Hooker, Canned Heat), Freddy Koella (Bob Dylan, k.d. lang), Bo Koster (My Morning Jacket), Joe Karnes (Fitz & the Tantrums), Nick Luca (Calexico, Iron & Wine), Doug Pettibone (Lucinda Williams), Skip Edwards (Dwight Yoakam), Blair Sinta (Alanis Morissette, James Blunt), Matt Tecu (Cat Power, Jakob Dylan) and two mainstays of Corne's productions, guitarist Eamon Ryland (Happy Mondays) and keyboardist Sasha Smith (Jesca Hoop) who shine throughout.