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Scoundrel, 2022
Written by Sam Burchfield
This is a Steve Earle-style roots-folk-country protest song built on a steady, driving beat of bluesy acoustic guitar, percussion, and echoed vocals. Burchfield’s weathered but earnest vocals carry the weight of disillusionment without bitterness, but without much hope either. It's sort of a modern spiritual with teeth, calling out the greedy, fear-mongering, and divisive. "We built a wall to keep heathens out / So we don't hear their wretched weeping." It's quietly righteous, with just a hint of retribution. "I'm digging a grave for the empty souls / Who chase greed and fear and destruction." It's a "Masters of War" for the Trump era.
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