Mat Kearney - Crazytalk (2018)

Singer-songwriter Mat Kearney is no stranger to setting pop trends while saying something of substance, and despite the three years that have passed since Just Kids (buy), his clever aim for the charts remains red hot. For starters, the beats are so unbelievably contagious, Crazytalk (buy) feels like it’s already been lived with even at the point of initial introduction, while Kearney’s unmistakably soulful vocals give themes of love, devotion and rallying against materialism a silver platter set-up. Though he may technically be an elder statesman at this point, these thirteen tracks retain the hunger and thought-provoking sentiments that permeate his most lauded past work without ever falling prey to repetition.