MARK LANEGAN 'Field Songs'

Those familiar with MARK LANEGAN's previous outings into brooding folk/blues music will have no surprises with 'Field Songs'. Combine his sublime whiskey-drenched delivery (which immediately recalls the gravely tones of Tom Waits), a refined understanding of traditional folk and blues and then throw in the rock sensibility of 90s band Screaming Trees and 'Field Songs' is the result. Perhaps LANEGAN's best album to date with improved and more diverse writing, it still tragically remains an overlooked gem in the realms of singer/songwriter music.