Jay Farrar's acoustic instrumentals and epic ballads on this soundtrack from a film about a Montana football player will stop you in your tracks. This came out on Bloodshot Records with all the usual suspects -- Ryan Adams, Neko Case, Freakwater, Blood Oranges, etc. But it's Farrar's feedback frameworks and thousand-yard drones that truly take the cake (or cornbread).

This resonant soundtrack for the little-seen film The Slaughter Rule showcases twangy
lonely-highway tunes by an all-star alt-country cast. Jay Farrar's mature score is
augmented by new material from Freakwater and Vic Chestnutt and older tracks by Neko
Case, Ryan Adams and Uncle Tupelo. The standouts: a captivating yodel tune by Wylie and
the Wild West and an eerie 1950s instrumental by Speedy West and Jimmy Bryan... More >