Let the Good Times Roll

JD McPherson's first album, 2012's 'Signs and Signifiers', was hailed as "an utterly irresistible, slicked-back triumph" by Mojo and "a rockin', bluesy, forward-thinking gold mine that subtly breaks the conventions of most vintage rock projects" by All Music Guide. But for this follow-up album, McPherson wanted to maintain that raw power while also capturing the more mysterious side of the records he loves. To that slightly spookier end, he enlisted as a collaborator Mark Neill, known for his work as a producer and engineer with versed-in-the-past acts going back to the Paladins in the 1980s, but, most recently, for recording the Black Keys and Dan Auerbach - a friend of McPherson's who co-wrote the new album's 'Bridge Builder.' This promises to be a winning collabortation.