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Margo Price
Strays II
As a songwriter, Margo Price isn’t one for hiding much, least of all that Strays II was mostly written during the same six-day psychedelic trip that birthed her acclaimed Strays album. Strays II is a further nine songs, posted online in batches of three before making up the second disc for the forthcoming reissue of Strays as a double album. The title track digs into the origins of Price’s relationship with her co-writer husband Jeremy Ivey, Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell pops up on Malibu, Black Wolf Blues is an exquisite ballad, and Burn Whatever’s Left (possibly) a love song to resetting your ego through psilocybin. The most staggering takeaway from Strays II is that if Price had released it first, it would still have received the accolades heaped on the original album. Who says the drugs don’t work?