Souled American

A pioneering band in what would become the alt-country movement of the 1990s, Souled American plays music rooted in American folk and country traditions in a style that's both playful and reverent. On early efforts like 1988's Fe and 1989's Flubber, Souled American's music had a loose, semi-acoustic sound dominated by acoustic and slide guitars, matched to vocals that bore a pronounced twang. With 1994's Frozen, Souled American introduced a different approach, dominated by languid tempos, minimal instrumentation, and an embrace of ambient, atmospheric textures, a style that ca...