Something More Than Free

This IS music worth listening to. This is real.

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I bought this album when it came out, but for some reason never took the time to write a review. I firmly believe Jason Isbell is one of the best singer/songwriters in the music industry today. I love everything this guy does, and this was my favorite album so far. It's nothing but soulful, unique lyrics and sounds. Jason is a true storyteller.

Not sure he's in a league with Dylan, Van or Neil, but an amazing songwriter nonetheless.

It doesn't get better than this.

To find an album like this is truly unbelievable. Isbell is quickly becoming one of the best songwriters of our age. This album (like Southeastern) has the rare quality of never growing old. Buy it and listen to it on repeat.

It's really just great music. And his vocals are deep well stated and his voice perfectly suits the melody. I took notice with the southeastern album and Ive been a fan ever since.

One of the best albums I've heard in awhile. Each time I listen to it, I hear something different in his songs. Lyrically he is amazing! Musically he is phenomenal!

I first heard about Isbell on NPR after Southeastern came out. I was thoroughly impressed then and Something More Than Free cements him as one of my favorite songwriters.

Well, here at year's end, it's my favorite album of the year, at least. Listen after listen, month after month, it continues its streak of freshness and relevance with me. Are you old enough to remember just how amazing Ryan Adams's "Heartbreaker" was at its debut? It was like youth distilled--rural youth, that is. Isbell's "Something More Than Free" is like that for the grown-up, the one who has acknowledged his or her earlier, reckless errors and who now seeks meaning and a deeper, more lasting transcendence in this short life. It's like The National but more infused with quiet detail (see "24 Frames" and its spot-on comparisons of God's role or "Speed Trap Town" and its callous state cop father); it's like...Ryan Adams if he had matured in a different direction and was not spending his time doing a song-by-song cover of 1989. Isbell's tunes are catchy or lovely, and his voice is steady and warm. America is a world awash in adolescence, but adulthood has its own integrity--and it lasts longer. This album, too, will last longer than most released in 2015.