Ryan Adams - Love Is Hell, Pt. 2 [EP]

A month after the first volume of his long-delayed, split-in-two Love Is Hell project hit the stores -- think of it as the aural equivalent of Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, only not as fun and not shot in ShawScope -- Ryan Adams trotted out the sequel, a seven-song EP that presents the conclusion to his mope-rock labor of love. If the first installment was drenched in Smiths-ian aspirations, this has a bit of a stronger singer/songwriter bent, with many of the songs rooted in folky acoustic guitars and direct allusions to Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen in song titles. Read More