Bitter Seed by J.D. Cook & Snake Blood Remedy sows cinematically deep Southern soul

With a voice that instantly occupies the space under your ribcage, J.D. Cook is the epitome of what a country singer-songwriter should be. In his latest Southern-soaked single, Bitter Seed, he unravels a paradox, delivering a cinematic vignette that feels as if it’s drifting over to you from a creaking front porch at sundown. The symphony of Americana-folk strings intertwines with a rhythm section that swings like a pendulum, pulling you into a trance and leaving you wide open for Cook’s soul-baring storytelling. He paints his scars unapologetically, tracing them over the map of his indiscretions with poetic candour and a pinch of whisky-soaked edge. There’s a strange magnetism to the way Cook and his bandmates in Snake Blood Remedy conjure such intimacy without ever sanding down the rough edges. It’s country music that bares its teeth and invites you closer, a confessional that comes with its own heavy-lidded invitation to stay a while. The accompanying music video brings the mood to life with a sense of presence so strong it feels as though you’ve been folded into the scene. Raised in rural south Georgia and hardened by years of shows across Florida, Cook and his band have forged their […] The post Bitter Seed by J.D. Cook & Snake Blood Remedy sows cinematically deep Southern soul appeared first on A&R Factory.

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With a voice that instantly occupies the space under your ribcage, J.D. Cook is the epitome of what a country singer-songwriter should be. In his latest Southern-soaked single, Bitter Seed, he unravels a paradox, delivering a cinematic vignette that feels as if it’s drifting over to you from a creaking front porch at sundown. The symphony of Americana-folk strings intertwines with a rhythm section that swings like a pendulum, pulling you into a trance and leaving you wide open for Cook’s soul-baring storytelling. He paints his scars unapologetically, tracing them over the map of his indiscretions with poetic candour and a pinch of whisky-soaked edge. There’s a strange magnetism to the way Cook and his bandmates in Snake Blood Remedy conjure such intimacy without ever sanding down the rough edges. It’s country music that bares its teeth and invites you closer, a confessional that comes with its own heavy-lidded invitation to stay a while. The accompanying music video brings the mood to life with a sense of presence so strong it feels as though you’ve been folded into the scene. Raised in rural south Georgia and hardened by years of shows across Florida, Cook and his band have forged their […]

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