Pleasant to listen to but lacking adventure, The Singer in My Band is the product of close study but fails to take liberties with established forms

Nate Amos has made a lovely country and folk record. Occasionally, you wish he'd remembered how strange he can be

While The Singer in My Band may not be the out-of-the-blue surprise that album was for many, it shares the feeling of a generational talent coming into his own. Someday, other people will sing these songs, but now it's Amos' turn

Acclaim for 2024's Box For Buddy, Box For Star raised the stakes, not that you'd know it from the breezy assurance of these songs. Print edition only

Amos's most overt experiment with genre to date

While it might be missing the high stakes and dramatic flourishes of nomadic drug-fuelled hysteria, this album is most certainly a tapestry of earthy tones, lush melodies, and the feeling that, in the words of Jack Kerouac, “dreaming ties all mankind together”

Amos hasn’t stopped being restless. For once, he’s just found a reason to stay in one place for a while

Nate Amos trades the magpie charm of his past solo work for a warm, twangy, and tightly constructed approach. It’s the sound of a songwriter sketching out his own gospel.

The genre-hopping songwriter trades leftfield twists for bright alt-country, delivering his warmest, most assured record yet

Nate Amos’ second proper record upholds an enduring songwriting tradition, emphasizing narrative and studied cohesion over the extemporaneity of his earlier releases

Nate Amos’ latest album as This Is Lorelai is a spellbinding AOTY contender