Buy Now
- Critic score
- Publication
- By date
-
MojoJun 18, 2013Its 11 new originals that wouldn't sound out of place on country radio or in a roadhouse in the '50s and '60s. [Jul 2013, p.92]
-
Apr 18, 2013In the end, Honky Tonk is a slow burn, Farrar musing on life as scenery flashes past the van window, and the redemptive power of music.
-
MagnetApr 16, 2013The band seems aware that it's on well-trod ground throughout Honky Tonk, though that doesn't seem to affect Son Volt one bit. [No. 97, p.59]
-
Mar 29, 2013The result is light as a feather, with laid back songs that would be perfect played live during some lazy afternoon outdoor festival, sprawled on the grass and drinking a cold beer.
-
UncutMar 29, 2013It's a soul-searchingly strong set. [May 2013, p.78]
-
Mar 12, 2013Honky-Tonk is a Country Music album. No Alt required.
-
Alternative PressMar 5, 2013Farrar backs up his good intentions with an album's worth of strong material. [Apr 2013, p.90]
-
Mar 5, 2013This recording feels more like a pleasant diversion rather than a necessity.
-
Mar 5, 2013As the age-old debate of what constitutes country music continues in some quarters, Son Volt leader Jay Farrar quietly, and compellingly, makes a case for the classic sounds on the beguiling Honky Tonk.
-
Mar 5, 2013Honky Tonk is country facing forward informed by the past.
-
Mar 5, 2013Ever since Jay Farrar's Uncle Tupelo days, you could imagine his big, bourbon-y voice fronting a country band in a Bakersfield roadhouse circa 1963. Honky Tonk comes close to realizing that sound, and it's a gorgeous thing.