Sons of Bill - Love and Logic (2014)

Love & Logic is an ambitious album for the three brothers Sam, Abe, and James Wilson, who share equal duty singing and writing throughout the album. The Virginia roots obviously run deep, with dreamy pedal steel, banjo, and three part harmonies that could have only been learned at church. But the record moves into enough layered pop productions and rock and roll bravado throughout to keep you guessing as to just who these boys are, and what they've been listening to.

It's easy to say that Sons of Bill can sound more like Townes Van Zandt or early R.E.M. depending on the track, even moving into their own brand of down-home psychedelia that American Songwriter described as a countrified Pink Floyd. But the real achievement of Love and Logic is the songwriting, the Wilson brothers ability to craft literate and deeply introspective lyrics while still managing to deliver it all as a rock and roll band. It s a soul-searcher s soundtrack for an over-stimulated age. A roots rock album that stands out in 2014.