re: New Isbell album has dropped

I listened to the album 3 times in a row earlier this morning while my wife was at a doctor appointment. My favorite so far is Overseas. As a guitarist, the guitar tone is just incredible.

Later this evening my wife and I caught the tail end of Isbell’s livestream where he played Reunions in its entirety in an acoustic setting with Shires.

“Letting You Go” hit us with a ton of emotion. Brought both of us to tears. My wife and I are in our late 30s, just married last November (both first marriages). She walked down the aisle to an instrumental version of “If we were vampires”. I didn’t know which music she was going to choose and recognized it immediately. Took me everything to hold it together and not cry like a baby. “Cover me Up” and “Vampires” has always been special to us.

We just found out we are expecting and today was our first doctor’s appointment. Sitting in that parking lot for 3 hours waiting for my wife since I couldn’t go inside, I listened to this album 3 times. I truly didn’t feel those lyrics of “Letting You Go” until watching the livestream with my wife.