Matthew Reveles
We’ll Meet Halfway
(Independent Freedom Tribe)

Matthew Reveles = The Felice Brothers + Conor Oberst

This album has put me in quite an interesting dilemma. On one hand I feel like I could make my own maple syrup with how much sap Reveles put into his songwriting. I wish the pity party would stop already. On the other hand he packs the album full with banjos, harmonicas and pedal steels, all that make it one worth listening to. So I’m left at a fork in the road, one leading to Negative Nancy town and the other to a genuine appreciation for obvious musical talent. I think this time I’ll take my cynicism somewhere else and appreciate the record for what it is—a great small-town folk hit.