https://www.stereogum.com The original new music blog. Wed, 20 Mar 2019 03:28:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.stereogum.com/1712394/eric-church-is-our-greatest-working-rock-star/franchises/sounding-board/ https://www.stereogum.com/1712394/eric-church-is-our-greatest-working-rock-star/franchises/sounding-board/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2014 16:16:31 +0000 http://www.stereogum.com/?p=1712394 The Outsiders, the colossal 2014 country-rock opus from the dominant Nashville star Eric Church, is a tremendously goofy extended spoken-word metaphor about how Nashville is the devil. On the indulgently named "Devil, Devil (Prelude: Princess of Darkness)," Church's husky baritone goes into serious-mutter mode, and he throws down some paranoiac… ]]> The most indulgent moment on The Outsiders, the colossal 2014 country-rock opus from the dominant Nashville star Eric Church, is a tremendously goofy extended spoken-word metaphor about how Nashville is the devil. On the indulgently named "Devil, Devil (Prelude: Princess of Darkness)," Church's husky baritone goes into serious-mutter mode, and he throws down some paranoiac … More »]]> https://www.stereogum.com/1712394/eric-church-is-our-greatest-working-rock-star/franchises/sounding-board/feed/ 29