Justin Townes Earle - The Saint of Lost Causes (Ltd. Ed. 150G Autographed Blue 2XLP) - BTRC ROTM

  B.T.R.C. June Singer Songwriter Record of the month 2019 Limited Edition Blue Vinyl 150 Gram Audiophile Pressing Double Vinyl Pressing Gatefold LP Jacket Side D Etching Autographed by JTE Release Date: 5/24/2019   The Saint Of Lost Causes is the eighth album from American roots troubadour, Justin Townes Earle. Earle's latest album finds a songwriter and artist who is unflinching and unequivocal in his truth. When writing this collection, Earle focused on a different America - the disenfranchised and the downtrodden, the oppressed and the oppressors, the hopeful and the hopeless. There's the drugstore-cowboy-turned-cop-killer praying for forgiveness ("Appalachian Nightmare") and the common Michiganders persevering through economic and industrial devastation ("Flint City Shake It"); the stuck mother dreaming of a better life on the right side of the California tracks ("Over Alameda") and the Cuban man in New York City weighed down by a world of regret ("Ahi Esta Mi Nina"); the "u