{"id":27989,"date":"2026-02-18T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=27989"},"modified":"2026-02-17T22:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T22:26:59","slug":"jay-buchanan-weapons-of-beauty-sacred-tongue-recordings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=27989","title":{"rendered":"Jay Buchanan \u2013 \u2018Weapons Of Beauty\u2019 (\u00a0Sacred Tongue Recordings)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Californian singer\/songwriter Jay Buchanan retreated to a windowless underground bunker in the Mojave Desert to find inspiration for his first solo album. In isolation, with abandoned gold mines, rivers of sand and just coyotes for company, the Rival Sons frontman found his mojo, sought retribution and wrote a whole album\u2019s worth of material which now comes to fruition in the form of \u2018Weapons Of Beauty\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Produced by long-time collaborator Dave Cobb at his studio in Savannah, Georgia, and featuring a host of Nashville\u2019s finest musicians, \u2018Weapons Of Beauty\u2019 is a deeply personal album. The sparse instrumentation, clever use of space and depth of emotion of the melancholy opener \u2018Caroline\u2019 sets the scene perfectly. With a heartachingly haunting melody, Jay paints a picture of the emotion of love and loss with a wide-angle lens. This vibe continues on \u2018High and Lonesome\u2019 with stunning vocals backed by a gentle beat, slide guitar and piano. The players give just enough to accentuate, not enough to overpower the vocal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only on track 3 do things take a sudden upshift. Second single \u2018True Black\u2019 is a stunning song, make no mistake, a righteous sermon that embeds itself on first play. The overly familiar gospel-tinged chorus will leave you wondering how you lived your life without it such is the power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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