Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band – “Monte Carlo/No Limits”

I was out of town when the first single from this one hit, but even without my prodding, there’s no reason not to already have Ryan Davis’ new album on your 2025 wishlist. After years spinning stories with State Champion and weaving noise with Equipment Pointed Ankh, not to mention heading up one of my favorite labels, Sophomore Lounge, Davis stitched his literate yarns to a Cosmic American tapestry with The Roadhouse Band. The debut barely left the turntable in ’23, and now he’s back in the Roadhouse with a follow-up set to sail in July. Second single, “Monte Carlo / No Limits” expands the sounds from the debut, still carving folklore into the bar wood, but also letting a little foam of noise crest in the first half, while pushing the prairie aside in the second as strings and skittering breakbeats prove that Davis can never be pinned into someone else’s idea of Americana. The new record, New Threats from the Soul, arrives July 25th, a co-release between his own Sophomore Lounge and UK label Tough Love.

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