Montevallo

the take

As a person who doesn’t listen to a ton of country music, this album does a great job at blending elements of pop and country music in a very tasteful way. Sam Hunt makes use of instruments that are wildly different from most music in his genre, yet they all sound excellent when combined together. Another thing to appreciate is that while a lot of country music seems to be jam-packed with smoking, drinking, and other stereotypical southern themes, Sam Hunt seems to avoid that, either intentionally or not.