Sarah Shook & the Disarmers - “I Got This”

SXSW 2023 - OEB Score: 7; Popularity Index: 6

Pairs Well With…Lucinda Williams, Waxahatchee, Grace Potter

There’s a subtle, raw rock edge to Sarah Shook & the Disarmer’s music, enough to add some real, anchored grit on their latest full-length Nightroamer. The North Carolinians have been at it for about a decade and that experience shows on Nightroamer, a record that shares tight musicianship, but played with laid-back ease. It’s the kind of music that sounds best in Southern dive bar, balancing togetherness and loneliness across the same record. Shook’s vocals match the grimy romanticism of the Disarmer’s instrumentation, a naturally dusty tone that adds to the organic vibe of their alt-country catalog. (Kevin McStravick)