Dustin Lynch – Current Mood (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 43:51 minutes | 563 MB | Genre: Country
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Broken Bow Records
Dustin Charles Lynch is an American country music singer and songwriter. On his third album, Dustin Lynch moves beyond the big ballads and bad-boy rockers that helped define his first couple albums. Here, Lynch offers a wide-ranging set of rock- and R&B-influenced country tunes (about half of which he wrote himself) that express a wide spectrum of emotions. There’s plenty of fun, clever writing on guitar-driven sing-alongs like “I Wish You Were Beer” and “Party Song”, but the songs that hit the hardest are catchy midtempo tracks like “Small Town Boy” and “New Girl”.
It’s possible to follow the trends in mainstream country music by listening to Dustin Lynch’s albums. He started the 2010s attempting to fashion his own spin on Luke Bryan’s friendly bro country, slid into the middle of the decade by co-opting a little bit of Jason Aldean’s simmering seduction, and approaches its sunset with Current Mood, a record that is firmly aligned with current country trends. Namely, Current Mood is awash in R&B and glossy electronic surfaces, a sound that suggests mainstream pop as much as country. He’s not the only purveyor of this sound in 2017 – Sam Hunt pushed country in this direction, with the likes of Thomas Rhett and Maren Morris following quickly in his footsteps – but he’s someone who has pursued it wholeheartedly, dedicating almost every track on Current Mood to this pop amalgam. Because Where It’s At had a fair number of cuts in the vein of Aldean’s R&B-friendly “Burnin’ It Down,” this doesn’t feel like a great leap for Lynch and, frankly, it’s a better fit for him than the wannabe Bryan era. He not only seems relaxed and confident, but the modern R&B opens the door for the old-fashioned soul slow-burner “Love Me or Leave Me Alone,” a duet with Karen Fairchild, to pop. Generally, Lynch is better with the romantic material – the party songs “I Wish You Were Beer” and, well, “Party Song,” veer toward the cornpone, as does “Why Not Tonight,” but it’s saved via its bizarre Weezer country fusion – but fortunately the album favors ballads and slow-grooving pop tunes, all of which allows Lynch to display his laid-back charm.
Tracklist:
1-01. Dustin Lynch – I’d Be Jealous Too (03:05)
1-02. Dustin Lynch – Seein’ Red (03:14)
1-03. Dustin Lynch – Small Town Boy (03:26)
1-04. Dustin Lynch – Why We Call Each Other (03:21)
1-05. Dustin Lynch – Here We Come (03:25)
1-06. Dustin Lynch – Love Me Or Leave Me Alone (04:05)
1-07. Dustin Lynch – Back On It (03:29)
1-08. Dustin Lynch – I Wish You Were Beer (03:07)
1-09. Dustin Lynch – State Lines (03:11)
1-10. Dustin Lynch – Party Song (03:13)
1-11. Dustin Lynch – New Girl (03:39)
1-12. Dustin Lynch – Why Not Tonight (03:06)
1-13. Dustin Lynch – Sun Don’t Go Down On That (03:24)
