Vultures Await

That Will Johnson is a powerful and prolific songwriter is not up for debate. Over the past eight years, Will has proven himself a veritable magnet for critical and peer affection; the words "cult following" tend to hover near any description of either his folk-pop juggernaut, Centro-Matic, or its gray-skied cousin, South San Gabriel. Johnson is the author of a staggering 10 full-length albums between those two bands and his project (Murder of Tides, his solo debut, was released in 2002), and each is a unique statement, holding it's own within a catalogue easily alongside those of Uncle Tupelo or the Drive By-Truckers, Neil Young or the Replacements.