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Embracing the mania of the podunk zeitgeist while seeking to enfranchise the meek, Nick Shoulders is here to stay.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gar Hole Records","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":50459327922507,"sku":"1144660","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP - Violet","offer_id":51358293557579,"sku":"R3662-4441","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/90badec7-9775-46d9-b967-ab695d919a95_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727220227"},{"product_id":"all-bad","title":"All Bad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll Bad,\u003c\/em\u003e the latest album from Nick Shoulders, ultimately encapsulates everything that makes Shoulders’ inimitable form of country music so vital: a heady balance of dazzling musicianship and punk defiance, coupled with gritty eccentricity and a generational connection to the roots of the genre. With a singing style inherited from his family’s vocal lineage, Nick’s songs achieve the rare feat of imparting difficult truths while inciting a certain joyful abandon, balancing a sound forged by years of hard travel with a heartfelt reverence for the origins of country music. In the spirit of Hazel Dickens and Jimmy Driftwood, the incisive yet wildly jubilant \u003cem\u003eAll Bad\u003c\/em\u003e vocally objects to the reckless destruction of the natural landscape and development run rampant, while still offering plenty of joy and dance-ready rhythms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpanning a variety of early country styles, the album’s infectious harmonies shine alongside everything from jangling cajun waltzes to surf-rock infused bluesy ballads–all tied together by a voice seemingly out of place in this century, yet ever ready to speak up about its problems. Released via Gar Hole Records (a label founded and co-owned by Shoulders), \u003cem\u003eAll Bad\u003c\/em\u003e marks the first LP made with his longtime band, the \u003cem\u003eOkay Crawdad\u003c\/em\u003e, since 2019’s premier full-length\u003cem\u003e Okay, Crawdad\u003c\/em\u003e and their subsequent pandemic-imposed hiatus. After writing most of the album from the front seat of a tour van, the Fayetteville, AR-based musician and bandmates Grant D’Aubin (harmonies\/bass), Cheech Moosekian (drums) and Jack Studer (lead guitar) recorded the album in a home studio on the banks of the mississippi river with New Orleans collaborators Ross Farbe and Sam Doores.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gar Hole Records","offers":[{"title":"LP - Pink","offer_id":51358151803211,"sku":"R4737-3136","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/201375023176.jpg?v=1740745282"},{"product_id":"lonely-like-me","title":"Lonely Like Me","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first recorded collection of songs from celebrated Arkansas songwriter Nick Shoulders and the Okay Crawdad band. Recorded live to tape and firmly below sea level at Mashed Potato Records in New Orleans, Louisiana. This is three mics, two tracks, and two afternoons sweating it out in the oppressive May heat with some very patient pals while the nearby Mississippi river churned overhead. Featuring \"Snakes and Waterfalls\", \"After Hours\", three countrified covers and a little bit more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gar Hole Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":51358283956555,"sku":"R2964-0056","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP - Green","offer_id":51358283989323,"sku":"R2964-6244","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/201375022684.jpg?v=1740747446"},{"product_id":"refugia-blues","title":"Refugia Blues","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRefugia Blues\u003c\/em\u003e, the fifth album from Nick Shoulders, is a record of big ideas and small, intimate moments. These nine songs are rooted in the stylings of Southern traditional music. Sparse, timeless, and unamplified, they're older than the sounds Shoulders saluted on albums like 2023's All Bad, with its loud, whooping anthems for roadhouses and sweaty dancehalls. Here, Shoulders isn't shouting over a band. He isn't bringing a crowd to its feet with dance-ready tempos. Rather, he's exploring another side of his craft by stepping up to a ribbon microphone as a solo performer, delivering each song with acoustic instruments and a voice that's equal parts country croon, Appalachian yodel, and high-lonesome field holler. As he explains it, \u003cem\u003eRefugia Blues\u003c\/em\u003e isn't just a call to action; it's a call to rest, too. \"This is my Nebraska,\" he says, nodding to Bruce Springsteen's lo-fi acoustic record from 1982. \"Some people listen to Bruce for the E Street Band and the big radio hits, but I like the intimacy and rawness of Nebraska instead. I'd like to think of \u003cem\u003eRefugia Blues\u003c\/em\u003e as a little window into the heart, as opposed to the drumbeat of a revolution.\" Shoulders' interpretation of American roots music has always been more progressive and punky than the trucks-and-beers conservatism that passes for modern-day country. \u003cem\u003eRefugia Blues\u003c\/em\u003e offers songs about climate collapse, radical anthropology, and generative disruption. It balances the macro with the micro, too, making room for love songs and personal topics, packaging humor alongside heavy insights. At once academic and accessible, \u003cem\u003eRefugia Blues\u003c\/em\u003e isn't just a deep dive into southernness, but also into Shoulders himself. This is a raw, resolute version of American country music, stacked high with songs that go down easy but linger in the minds of those willing to invest the time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gar Hole","offers":[{"title":"LP - Bronze","offer_id":53229475725643,"sku":"R6197-4898","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":53229477167435,"sku":"R6197-9297","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":53229477200203,"sku":"R6197-1065","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/unnamed-2025-08-22T113041.411.jpg?v=1755858650"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/collections\/nick-shoulders.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}