The story of a wartime family, Micah P Hinson’s self-described “modern folk opera” drifts with the mesmerising quality of an old-time train. The choir on The Years Tire on, the striking spoken-word interlude of Micah Book One, and the enriching strings that career throughout all help weave tales of life, love and loss with an engrossing, cinematic edge. The Texan’s mournful, lilting vocals temper the predominantly instrumental album, which, at an hour long, risks feeling indulgent. But Hinson has largely succeeded in creating a bewitching Americana record that is quite his own and his most accomplished work to date.
