Ryan Adams "Changes" (AU Pressing) 2024-08-30 ONLY ON IMPRESSED

ONLY ON IMPRESSED

emerged from a grueling process of demo submissions and industry rejections

and the bleakest of lyrics - Blak29

Josette Maskin and Naomi McPherson

Ryan Adams "Changes" (AU Pressing) 2024-08-30 ONLY ON IMPRESSED"Ryan Adams' CHANGES UNFOLDS LIKE A QUIET RECKONING WITH THE VERSIONS OF OURSELVES WE LEAVE BEHIND, THE ONES THAT LINGER IN OLD PHOTOGRAPHS, HALF FINISHED CONVERSATIONS, AND THE SONGS WE RETURN TO WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO REMEMBER WHO WE WERE BEFORE EVERYTHING SHIFTED. THE RECORD LEANS INTO ADAMS' GIFT FOR MAPPING THE EMOTIONAL GEOGRAPHY OF REGRET AND LONGING, WHERE EACH TRACK FEELS LIKE IT'S REACHING TOWARD SOMETHING JUST OUT OF FRAME. THERE'S A WEARY