Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band – New Threats From The Soul (2xLP)

Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band’s New Threats From The Soul presents a richly textured evolution of Americana, folk, and indie-rock songwriting. Across seven tracks averaging around eight minutes each, Davis weaves vivid narratives populated by flawed but deeply humane characters, navigating existential weight with both lyricism and levity. The Roadhouse Band supports him with an expansive instrumental palette—pedal steel, violin, synths, organ, and more—allowing songs to swell, surprise, and gradually reveal new layers. The album balances ambition with intimacy, revealing Davis as a writer who’s not afraid to lean into ambiguity, metaphor, and emotional rawness.

Musically, the album feels immersive and deliberately unrushed. Opener “New Threats From The Soul” sets the tone with its nine-plus-minute journey through lyrical wit, moral questioning, and emotional openness. Tracks like “Mutilation Springs” and “The Simple Joy” follow, blurring the edges between sorrow and beauty, humor and heartbreak. Davis’s voice—sometimes drawling, sometimes imploring—guides listeners through these compositions, while arrangements shift from rootsy warmth to more experimental textures without losing the emotional through line. Overall, New Threats From The Soul stands as a compelling statement of artistic growth, offering both depth for those who lean in and plenty of hooks and melodies for casual listeners.

A1 New Threats From The Soul
A2 Monte Carlo/No Limits
B1 Mutilation Springs
C1 Better If You Make Me
C2 The Simple Joy
D1 Mutilation Falls
D2 Crass Shadows (At Walden Pawn)