#2940 Shannon Shaw - Shannon in Nashville

Shaw's got a good voice, but Dan Auerbach's obsessed with it, and it kills the record. He puts her vocals up at the penthouse, propped on pillowey strings and borrowed Dangermouse beats, bathing in its own endless reverb. But there's hardly any songs to speak of - no instrument dares show any initiative, and none of the sentiment's worth writing home about. Just you and Shannon in a hall of mirrors 3/5