Suffer in Peace (Columbia Nashville, 2015)
Tyler Farr
Reviewed by Michael Rampa
Save for the cover art and painfully obvious opener, "C.O.U.N.T.R.Y.," Farr manages to pull in the reins on the rock and hip hop tinges that ran through his debut. As a result, the melancholy ballads shine and redneck clichés are deftly finessed rather than openly touted. On the emotional title track, the narrator retires to a remote cabin in the hills after his lover leaves. The Bible, a rifle and a rod and reel are what's necessary to alleviate pain (In the ultimate ironic twist, alcohol is not on the list). The ache in his voice is primal on "Withdrawals," where he professes love as the most painful addiction.
While Farr has a hit with the lead single, "A Guy Walks Into A Bar," the hard partying is kept to a minimum throughout. but at it's core, the originality of the material may be apparent only to the artist himself.
While the feel here is different from his debut, it is not a radical departure. "Suffer in Silence" neither overly impresses nor disappoints.
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