{"product_id":"tyler-childers-purgatory-lp-180g","title":"Tyler Childers - Purgatory LP (180g)","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLike many great Southern storytellers, singer-songwriter\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTyler Childers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehas fallen in love with a place. The people, landmarks and legendary moments from his childhood home of Lawrence County, Kentucky populate the ten songs on his formidable debut,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePurgatory\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, an album that's simultaneously modern and as ancient as the Appalachian Mountains in which events unfold. \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe album, co-produced by Grammy Award winners \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSturgill Simpson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDavid Ferguson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, is a semi-autobiographical sketch of Childers' growth from wayward youth to happily married man, told in the tradition of a Southern gothic novel with a classic noir antihero who may just be irredeemable. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePurgatory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is a chiaroscuro painting with darkness framing light in high relief. There's catharsis and redemption. Sin and temptation. Murder and deceit. Demons and angels. Moonshine and cocaine. So much moonshine and cocaine. All played out on the large, colorful canvas of Eastern Kentucky.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChilders had been searching for a certain sound for his debut album for years as he honed his craft, and was finding it elusive when his friend, drummer\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMiles Miller\u003c\/strong\u003e, introduced him to Simpson, the Grammy Award-winning musician and fellow Kentuckian. Childers sent Simpson a group of his songs, then went to visit him in Nashville. \"And he said, ‘There's this sound. I know what you're trying to get at, the mountain sound,'\" Childers recalled. \"'So I asked, ‘What are you doing?'\" \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIntrigued, Simpson enlisted the aid of Ferguson, the Grammy Award winning sound engineer. They assembled a band that included multi-instrumentalists \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStuart Duncan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMichael J. Henderson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRuss Pahl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, bassist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMichael Bub\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and Miller on drums, of course, and helped Childers make a debut album of consequence that announces an authentic new voice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"I was writing an album about being in the mountains,\" Childers said. \"I wanted it to have that gritty mountain sound. But at the same time, I wanted a more modern version of it that a younger generation can listen to – the people I grew up with, something I'd want to listen to.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"02- Alliance","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59259437482332,"sku":"752830444318.0","price":8.05,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1043\/1119\/3948\/files\/tyler.jpg?v=1790220718","url":"https:\/\/1jjpaa-wp.myshopify.com\/products\/tyler-childers-purgatory-lp-180g","provider":"My Store 2","version":"1.0","type":"link"}