First Listen Part One: New Releases for February 24

SO MANY NEW RELEASES. As a quick note, I am keeping up with the Future albums. I delayed it last week because he was putting out an album this week, and now I'm delaying this week because he apparently has ANOTHER album coming out Friday of this week. So yeah, I'm aware of it. Album of the Week Artist : Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge Album : Mount Royal Quick Description : Gorgeous rootsy folk music. Why You Should Listen : If you like the sort of stuff we get excited about here, you need to listen to this. Overall Thoughts : The one problem with the amount of folk-style music we cover here is that there does tend to be a lot of sameness to the music. This isn't a bad thing at all, but when an album jumps out at you the way Mount Royal does, it forces you to pay attention. For me, the guitar playing is sneaky gorgeous, and the vocals are just as solid (especially as a music listener who tends to struggle with male folk voices). Lead track "Bone Collect...