Jay Gonzalez: The Bitter Suite EP (2015)

Singer/multi-instrumentalist Jay Gonzalez has been playing with the Drive-By Truckers since 2008. But you'd never know it from the smattering of solo releases he's issued over the past decade, which sound nothing like the Truckers' darkly uplifting, progressive-minded Southern Americana. Instead, Gonzalez embraces the Brian Wilson-indebted sunshine power pop of artists like the Wondermints and Linus of Hollywood, buoyant melodies and lush, McCartneyesque production.

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