Rustin' in the Rain


Rustin' in the Rain is the sixth album by American singer Tyler Childers. It was released on September 8, 2023, through Childers' own independent label Hickman Holler Records and major label RCA. Produced by Childers and his backing band the Food Stamps, the album includes the single "In Your Love".

Content

The album's lead single is "In Your Love". This song's corresponding music video received media attention for its storyline, depicting a romance between two coal miners in the 1950s. Childers also covers Kris Kristofferson's "Help Me Make It Through the Night" and S.G. Goodman's "Space and Time". He told the Associated Press that he conceptualized the album as if he were pitching songs to Elvis Presley.

Musical style and composition

Rustin' in the Rain has been described as a country, honky-tonk, and neotraditional country album, with elements of progressive country, gospel, outlaw country, country pop, and country soul.

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic found influence of 1970s outlaw country in Childers's delivery, but thought that the inclusion of "Phone Calls and Emails", as well as the video for "In Your Love", showed more modern influence. Of said influence, Erlewine wrote, "he's explicitly treating country music as a genre that evolves, one that can encompass all manners of stories by building upon what's already been laid at the foundation. With its empathetic heart and kinetic kick, Rustin' in the Rain illustrates how vibrant and vital that idea can be." Pitchforks Nadine Smith called it "impossible to mistake for anything but country music" and despite not being "a break with country music it is a light cast on its history, a recognition of what it has been and can become".

Track listing

All tracks written by Tyler Childers except as noted.
  1. "Rustin' in the Rain" – 3:36
  2. "Phone Calls and Emails" – 4:16
  3. "Luke 2:8–10" – 3:03
  4. *featuring Margo Price, Erin Rae, and S.G. Goodman
  5. "Help Me Make It Through the Night" – 4:08
  6. "Percheron Mules" – 4:30
  7. *featuring the Travelin' McCourys
  8. "In Your Love" – 3:45
  9. "Space and Time" – 4:42
  10. *featuring S.G. Goodman and Erin Rae

Personnel

Musicians
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