Sturgill Simpson Biography

Sturgill Simpson isn't one to accept the status quo, which is why, on May 13, 2014, his captivating and entirely unique sophomore collection Metamodern Sounds in Country Music will be released through his own High Top Mountain Records, barely a year after the release of his critically acclaimed debut High Top Mountain. The title of the compilation relates to the psychedelic sounds contained inside a departure from Simpson's debut collection, which drew comparisons to the music of Waylon Jennings and Merle Haggard and is a reference to Ray Charles' revolutionary 1962 album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music. "The thing I needed to study was movement and sound wavering, and I suppose there is a lot of potential for that in bluegrass music." Whereas other experts find inspiration in different forms of music, Simpson found his inspiration in literature, devouring authoritative works from both the past and the present about revelations in quantum material physics, the string hypothesis, and distributions by Carl Sagan and Terence McKenna. He also referenced French producer Gaspar Noe's experimental film Enter the Void as he created dark, multi-layered soundscapes that incorporate elements of classic country music and even a hint of electronica, a genre for which Simpson admits he has a "slight infatuation."

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