Thirty Tigers

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Though Texas-based country singer Josh Weathers is in his early forties and has been recording since 2006, this 6-track EP is the first time I’ve really listened to his music. Part country heartbreak opus, part dust-covered Texas melodrama, Josh’s first Nashville recordings are a fully realised body of work; a shimmering and radiant next-step that finds him exploring some of the most heartsick country music since Doug Stone. We’re talking sweeping pedal steel, a minimalist acoustic approach that focuses wholly on his soulful heartfelt vocals and lovey-dovey feelings big enough to float on. This music is filled with both genuine grit and exemplary passion. Josh Weather’s devotion to making music spawned from time-honoured origins, reflects his continuing commitment to sharing his passion for classic traditional country music with the world.

He opens with his latest single, For The Rest Of Our Lives, a delicately romantic duet with Aniston Pate. With gauzy acoustic guitar, mandolin and sweet pedal steel and wide-open, drifting vocals, they wear their hearts on their sleeves in this charming, soon-to-be-classic. It sounds like a waltz number you might have heard years ago and is designed for smooching around the kitchen or dimly lit dance floor. In The Real World is hazy, widescreen country with emotive vocals stretching to the ends of the earth. Driving and dreamy in equal measure, this is a smooth ride greased with a dishful of buttery guitar as he reflects wistfully on how life would be so much better on the silver screen in glorious technicolour. But of course, life in the ‘real world’ is the reality, as he comes back down to earth. One Thing Leads To Another is propelled forward with a playful rhythm, engaging vocal, and an addictive melody. This time around he explores the often-unexpected hurdles that life presents with bravado and stacks of optimism. Solid drums and a mix of electric lead and a Dobro way back in the mix adds a touch of grit, but there’s enough verve and vitality to keep the melodic quotient intact.

You can hear the bleaker state of his mind on songs like If Tomorrow Was Today and Come Morning. Both are as traditional as it gets as they take you back in time with the glorious sounds of heartbreaking steel guitar combined with finely picked acoustic guitar, as these stories of lost love unfold. This is the sound that so many people today are hungry for and can’t get enough of. This all-too-brief EP serves it up in one appetising dish after another.  

https://joshweathers.com

October 2026