![]() ![]() Isbell stands outside the mainstream, generally conservative, country music community. But that doesn't mean that you have to sell other people's ideas short.'" "Just seeing that was something that really helped me going into the studio because I thought, 'Well, you're still in charge, you're still producing this album. "Marty had a very clear vision, but he also was confident enough to listen to input and collaborate with other people," Isbell says. He applied what he observed during filming to the new album. When Isbell wrote the material for Weathervanes he was also making his screen-acting debut in the upcoming Martin Scorsese drama Killers of the Flower Moon, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro. Read more Adam Lambert says "scared" and "confused" people at root of LGBTQ+ backlash So I'm just really grateful that she's around to do that for me, among other things, and that I'm around to do that for her." ![]() "If you're gonna tie yourself to somebody for the rest of your life, then that person needs to be able to tell you the truth and you need to be able to hear it. "You have to have somebody around you who will tell you the truth," Isbell says. This guy is not happy about it, and he really doesn't really understand where he went wrong: 'Why am I so disconnected from my family?' There should be some disconnect between the movements of the song in that way, too, to follow the different periods of his life."Īmanda Shires makes a guest appearance on Weathervanes, providing background vocals and fiddle. "It's about being a father and not being emotionally available and how things can turn out-all these little tiny decisions that we make every day add up to who we are at the end of our lives. "This song covers such a huge time period," Isbell says. Weathervanes' closing track, "Miles," is like a medley of two songs with different melodies and tempos, like a '70s progressive rock or Paul McCartney and Wings track. After a pandemic hiatus, he and his band, The 400 Unit, are touring America this summer. Isbell performing in Austin, Texas, in 2016. I'm trying to raise this person to be happy and confident and stable and give them everything that they need to go out into the world and take care of themselves.' And then you have to contend with something that you have no control over." "You go out in the world with a kid, and you think, 'I'm trying to do everything right. Isbell lives in Nashville, where on March 27 a gunman killed seven people at an elementary school, including three 9-year-olds. The haunting rocker "Save the World," references a school shooting from the perspective of a parent. At what point do you stop helping? How far do you have to go before you get to that point of diminishing returns where you're actually making somebody's life harder by being connected to them so closely? And what is your responsibility to them, and what is their responsibility to you?" Isbell says, "There is that desire to support somebody without judging them and that's really what that song deals with. The album's first single, "Death Wish," is about falling in love with someone suffering from depression ("What's the difference in a breakdown and a breakthrough?"). ![]()
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