One of the leading lights of the contemporary country outlaw set, Tyler Childers has been evolving his sound with each new album, and giving less of a fuck about the country scene with each step. “Snipe Hunter” is his masterpiece. Including long-requested live favourites like ‘Nose On The Grindstone’ and ‘Oneida’, the real treasures here are a song about Indian religion (‘Tirtha Yatra’), a song about payback (‘Bitin’ List’), and the funkiest country vibe of 2025, Dirty Ought Trill. But then again, every song on “Snipe Hunter” is a treasure.
After toying with old-timey fiddle music (2020’s Long Violent History), gospel (2022’s Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?), and Elvis impersonations (2023’s Rustin’ in the Rain), Tyler Childers returned with his most all-encompassing album in years. The record ranges from melancholic country-folk balladry to honky tonkin’ twang to jagged Southern rock to a Hare Krishna chant, while constantly toeing the line between “traditional” and “crossover” and sounding like no other artist in the world.
On “Snipe Hunter“, Tyler throws every idea at the wall and often sounds even more cohesive than he did on his “genre” projects. He just sounds at his freest on “Snipe Hunter“, and the freer he is the harder his songs hit.
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