Cosmic Hallelujah

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Kenny Chesney’s wanderlust is no secret to anyone who’s heard his music—his laidback songs have paid tribute to beers in Mexico, lost loves in Los Angele, and women looking for escape from Boston. On his 17th album, he shows how he’s a musical vagabond as well; he finds inspiration in power balladry, frantic riffing, and honky-tonk, all the while ruminating on the modern condition in a way that adds heft to his mellow country-pop. Chesney's turn to the serious is not all-out. “Trip Around the Sun” kicks off the record with bright strumming and a que será, será attitude about the world’s seeming implosion, with Chesney drawling that “there ain’t nothin’ we can do about the whole thing anyway,” while “Rich and Miserable” pokes fun at 21st-century materialism over a musical bed that recalls Imagine Dragons and other bastions of 2010s stomp-rock. “Noise” has musical and lyrical gravitas about it, with Chesney chronicling the increased paranoia of the always-on era over a chaotic arrangement. .

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