Stripmall Ballads - Everybody Wins (2026)

Tracklist

01. Pop Tarts
02. Two for One (feat. Willy Tea Taylor)
03. Rabbits (feat. Chloe Edmonstone & Lydia Loveless)
04. Twenty Dollar Bill
05. Brake Light Red High Beam Blue
06. Everybody Wins (feat. Lydia Loveless)
07. Wild Grapes
08. Like and Share (feat. Bob Sumner)

With Everybody Wins, Phillips Saylor Wisor—better known by his enigmatic moniker Stripmall Ballads—emerges as a singular voice in contemporary American songwriting. On this devastatingly vivid and poetically charged album, Wisor paints a portrait of the invisible corners of the country: broke-down ambulance parks, flood zones, satellite lots, mill towns, and long-empty bedrooms. It’s a world of bruised hearts and busted knuckles, rendered with startling intimacy and lyrical precision. Joining Wisor on this journey is alt-country hero John R. Miller and his band The Engine Lights, whose intuitive, world-weary playing gives the record a cinematic sweep. Special guests Lydia Loveless, Willy Tea Taylor, and Bob Sumner add harmony, grit, and soul, deepening the emotional resonance of a record that already aches with beauty.
Stripmall Ballads has long carried a cult following, but with Everybody Wins, Wisor steps into the larger spotlight he’s always deserved. The album is a raw, unvarnished testament to the beauty and brutality of forgotten places and the people who still call them home. For anyone seeking the next great American songwriter—look no further. Phillips Saylor Wisor isn’t just telling stories. He’s writing the gospel for a new generation of Americana.

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