Southeastern

Southeastern is a 2013 album by Jason Isbell that pares back his Southern rock roots into intimate Americana and singer-songwriter arrangements. Produced by Dave Cobb, the record employs spare, rootsy instrumentation and restrained production to foreground confessional, sharply observed lyrics about addiction, recovery, love, and mortality. The sound leans on acoustic and subtle electric guitar, organ and pedal steel while emphasizing vocal delivery and songwriting, and it marked a noticeable shift toward more personal, direct material in Isbell's solo work.