O' Be Joyful

Shovels & Rope celebrate the 10th Anniversary of their breakout debut, O' Be Joyful, featuring all new cover art, packaging, and a disc of new live recordings.

South Carolina-based married couple Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent specialise in a stripped-back and primal mix of country and bluegrass that has inevitably prompted comparisons to Johnny and June Cash and the White Stripes. Their debut album is a delight, from the uncomplicated bluesy strut of "Tickin' Bomb" to the brass inflections on the knowingly tongue-in-cheek "Hail Hail".

Best of all is the haunting closer "This Means War", possibly the story of a man renouncing God following the death of his wife, where Hearst's quiet gospel touches act as a perfect foil to Trent's mournful emoting.

Released to much acclaim in 2012, O' Be Joyful paved its own lane of punk-folk and went on to sell over 140,000 units in the US, spawned the Triple A radio hit "Birmingham," and landed on best-of-the- year lists published by NPR, American Songwriter, and Paste Magazine.