I made a promise - a guarantee - that all the artists who had not been posted about on #WickedGP that were part of the Wicked 25 would get a post if they had not.
It took me until April, but here's the last one. Tyler Childers's album Snipe Hunter was a masterpiece of country music. Here's what one critic had to say about it:
"Snipe Hunter is Tyler Childers going all‑in on weird spiritual country: talking to gods, playing with garage rock and Phil Spector (and Rick Rubin) sounds, and still somehow landing back in the holler. It’s messy and brave in a way major‑label country almost never is. This is the album I absolutely expected to dislike and almost didn't listen to - and yet, here we are, talking about it, because it is that undeniably good." - Literally me.
And it is that good. This song - which is about an older woman and not a Finger Lake (and when you hear the song, New Yorkers, you are going to be screaming that he's pronouncing "Oneida" wrong) - is a beautiful masterpiece that is a lot of the reason the album made my list.
I wish all country music sounded like this. The whole album is sincerely incredibly good, and I stand by its placement on my list, even as I am actively rethinking other entries.
It's an official LIVE video, but trust me. This is what it sounds like on the record.
He doesn't need a full band to show you how personal and heartfelt this song really is, as he has done live.
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