{"product_id":"william-tyler-goes-west","title":"William Tyler - Goes West","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD:\u003c\/strong\u003e Housed in a matte 4-panel gatefold wallet with foil stamp detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black vinyl in a black paper dust sleeve, housed in a matte jacket with foil stamp detail. Includes digital download card.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeak Vinyl:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pressed on limited-edition translucent green vinyl. Includes 24” × 36” full-color foldout poster of the Robert Beatty cover art plus a digital download card. ***This version is SOLD OUT on our webstore. Please check your local shop for availability.***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoes West\u003c\/i\u003e can also be found at your \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.recordstoreday.com\/Stores\"\u003elocal independent record store\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e+++\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome words from M.C. Taylor of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hiss-golden-messenger\"\u003eHiss Golden Messenger\u003c\/a\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/william-tyler\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Tyler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ci\u003e’s new record, \u003c\/i\u003eGoes West\u003ci\u003e, is the best music that he’s ever made. I’m sure of this because I know and love all of his music intimately, and this album moves me the most, and the most consistently. The first time I heard it was in the late spring in the Texas Hill Country, rolling between limestone and scrub. I was on a cleanse then—no alcohol, no drugs, no evil thoughts—and was astonished at the emotional clarity that the album held. It offered up a model for what I wanted my head to feel like. \u003c\/i\u003eGoes West\u003ci\u003e marks a sort of narrowing of focus for William’s music; it sounds as though he found a way to point himself directly towards the rich and bittersweet emotional center of his music without being distracted by side trips. Perhaps this is down to the fact that William only plays acoustic guitar on the album, a clear and conscious decision considering that he is one of Nashville’s great electric guitarists. The band that performs \u003c\/i\u003eGoes West\u003ci\u003e alongside William—including guitarists Meg Duffy and Bill Frisell, bassist and producer Brad Cook, keyboardist James Wallace, drummer Griffin Goldsmith, and engineer Tucker Martine—is the best and most sympathetic group of players that William could have assembled to play these songs.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"merge records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":52739220930871,"sku":"MRG645CD","price":14.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Download","offer_id":52739220898103,"sku":"MRG645digital","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/3935\/3143\/files\/a66a1670283431ead9517caf13aec95af4944a2c_59cb68ce02ae3d9a09b6f3197570ff0baac2715a_medium_jpg_5db5b093-4580-49e1-9cef-1c2922eb83c5.jpg?v=1789600427","url":"https:\/\/mergerecords.com\/products\/william-tyler-goes-west","provider":"Merge Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}