Absent Fathers

Absent Fathers
Studio album by
Justin Townes Earle
ReleasedJanuary 13, 2015 (2015-01-13)
Recorded2014
GenreCountry
LabelVagrant, Loose
ProducerJustin Townes Earle, Adam Bednarik
Justin Townes Earle chronology
Single Mothers
(2014) 		Absent Fathers
(2015) 		Kids in the Street
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic73/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Consequence of SoundB−[3]
Exclaim!4/10[4]

Absent Fathers is the sixth studio album by American musician Justin Townes Earle. It was released in January 2015 under Vagrant Records and Loose.

Critical reception

Mike Sauve of Exclaim! wrote that "the problem is that Earle's melancholy has taken primacy over his songwriting, which is uncharacteristically generic here, making this subdued and plodding release a career low."[4] Grant Golden of Paste wrote, "For all of the somber overtones to Absent Fathers, there's still plenty of hopefulness within this record ... [o]ne can only hope that this landing means that he's as comfortable with self-exploration and transparency in the future as he's been on Single Mothers and Absent Fathers, because if so then the best of Earle may still be yet to come."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Justin Townes Earle

No.TitleLength
1."Farther from Me"3:45
2."Why"2:26
3."Least I Got the Blues"2:31
4."Call Ya Momma"3:37
5."Day and Night"4:24
6."Round the Bend"2:32
7."When the One You Love Loses Faith"4:11
8."Slow Monday"2:19
9."Someone Will Pay"2:13
10."Looking for a Place to Land"3:29

Personnel

  • Justin Townes Earle – acoustic guitar and vocals
  • Paul Niehaus – guitar and pedal steel
  • Mark Hedman – bass
  • Matt Pence – drums

References

  1. ^ "Metacritic Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
  2. ^ Deming, Mark. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
  3. ^ Hauser, Henry (January 6, 2015). "Album Reviews: Justin Townes Earle – Absent Fathers". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  4. ^ a b Sauve, Mike (January 28, 2015). "Justin Townes Earle - Absent Fathers". Exclaim!. Retrieved January 28, 2015.