Bry Webb has garnered more press of late for the Constantines reunion than his new solo record, but make no mistake: Free Will is an excellent singer-songwriter LP in its own right. We featured “AM Blues” — a cut that’s upbeat at first with a brooding, bittersweet twist recalling the National and Wilco — in March. Above, give album opener “Fletcher” a try. This solo-acoustic take shows how well Webb’s Matt Berninger-esque baritone can carve a simple line like “you can’t civilize me” into an affecting alt-country litany worth repeating.
