A cackling, bridge-burning anthem of the tallest order, sung with a sweetly cutting twang (a la Dolly) by the first country artist signed to Jack White's Third Man.
Even those used to 25 years of Tindersticks' sonic restlessness will be surprised by The Waiting Room. The bandleader offers commentary on each song, which you can also watch as an album-long video.
Gloria Ann Taylor was a singer from Toledo, Ohio, when a record producer discovered her and took her to Los Angeles. They eventually married, and through much of the 1970s, created a series of unusual soul and proto disco songs that have become collectors' items. Now some of them are available to everyone on a new CD reissue called Love is a Hurtin' Thing. Oliver Wang has a review.