A masterful display of songwriting by one of today’s best young practitioners of the art form, LP5 is Moreland’s finest record to date. Out February 2020, his latest album LP5 proves John Moreland has gotten really good at being John Moreland––thank God. “I figured, I can’t dress up these songs and try to sell them that way. “I can’t dress myself up and be some folk singer character that I’m not really,” Moreland says.
And once again, as we listen, we feel better. Today, his earthbound poetry remains potent, but in addition to his world-weary candor, Moreland’s music smolders with gentle wisdom, flashes of wit and joy, and compassion.
But there has always been far more to Moreland than sad songs. As he put hurts we didn’t even realize we had or shared into his songs, we sang along. Over the last half a dozen years or so, John Moreland’s honesty has stunned us––and stung.