Invariable Heartache

VINYL FORMAT. Invariable Heartache's songs are covers almost all sourced from the now-deceased Chart records, a Nashville country label ran by Courtney Tidwell's grandfather. The result is charming enough to warrant their plucking from country ditty heaven. Highlights come in the bouncy "Let's Think About Where We're Going", and "Incredibly Lonely," in which two lovers trade tear jerking tales. "Who's Gonna Love Me Now?" is the one non-Chart track here. Tidwell's mother Connie Eaton sang the original; having her sing a song about abandonment to her late mother (who died at just 49) is almost unbearably sad. It's not always captivating, as the "long-forgotten" element of the LP ought to suggest, but it's a wonderfully worthy (in the best sense) bit of musical archaeology. – The Guardian