An album of folk songs that represent the American malaise. Sure, Doug Paisley is Candian (Toronto, to be exact) but so was Neil Young and four-fifths of The Band and that didn't stop them from tapping into the collective psyche of the continent.

It would be bold of us to say this debut is on the level of the aforementioned, but truthfully it does recall an era of songwriting that was more simple, more honest, more modest.

A time before ipods and myspace, when making a good album was simply enough.