re: Eric Church dropped his new album this morning.

I like Eric Church and view him to be authentic, especially when compared to the Bryan's, Aldean's, Fla-Ga line, Sam Hunt's, etc of the current country lineup. He just isnt to the same level of authenticity as Johnson, Stapelton or Simpson.

Unfortunately, (and hope to be wrong), but think he hit his career zenith with the Chief album. Downhill from that point. I liked only parts of The Outsiders and even less of Mr Misunderstood (at least what I heard in sampling it).