{"product_id":"victor-wainwright-the-train","title":"VICTOR WAINWRIGHT \u0026 THE TRAIN","description":"2018 release. It had to be a train. The name of Victor Wainwright's new band - and the sleeve image of their debut album - is also the most fitting of metaphors. In music folklore, the train might have associations with the freight-hopping bluesmen of yore, but with this restless boogie-woogie innovator stoking the furnace, this project is a charging locomotive - surging forward, crashing through boundaries of genre, sweeping up fresh sounds and clattering headlong past the doubters. At a sweet-spot in his career, where most established stars would rest on their laurels, Victor Wainwright \u0026amp; The Train instead rips up all that has gone before. These twelve tracks are originals in every sense, written by Wainwright, pricking up ears in a sterile music industry and stretching the concept of roots in bold directions. The result is an album that walks a tightrope between scholarly respect and anarchic irreverence. On this white-knuckle ride, only The Train could keep the material on the tracks. \"I ended up with a hit-squad of downright amazing musicians,\" he reflects, \"that shared my curiosity for all corners of the roots genre. We wanted to capture how we feel performing, right smack-dab on this record, and I believe we've done that. Now I just try to keep up...\"\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B07885HYZX\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: HBSV.B07885HYZX.N\u003cbr\u003eCondition: New\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Victor Wainwright\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio cd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"The Happy Book Stack ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52367739486509,"sku":"HBSV.B07885HYZX.N","price":20.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/6799\/6205\/files\/B07885HYZX-0.jpg?v=1789331708","url":"https:\/\/www.thehappybookstack.com\/products\/victor-wainwright-the-train","provider":"The Happy Book Stack ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}