Name: American Middle Class
Brand: Angaleena Presley

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

scr1014141

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2015-01-06

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

The Orchard

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

0748252254139

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Total Cap

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Angaleena Presley

Genre GB

Country / Americana

Label GB

Slate Creek

If there's a pedigree for a modern country music star, then Angaleena Presley fits all of the criteria: a coal miner's daughter; native of Beauty, Kentucky; a direct descendent of the original feuding McCoys; a one-time single mother; a graduate of both the school of hard knocks and college; a former cashier at both Wal-Mart and Winn-Dixie. Perhaps best of all the member of Platinum-selling Pistol Annies (with Miranda Lambert and Ashley Monroe) says she "doesn't know how to nottell the truth." That truth shines through on her much-anticipated debut album, 'American Middle Class', which she co-produced with Jordan Powell. Yet this is not only the kind of truth that country music has always been known for - 'American Middle Class' takes it a step further by not only being a revealing memoir of Presley's colorful experiences but also a powerful look at contemporary rural American life. "I have lived every minute on this record. My mama ain't none too happy about me spreading my business around but I have to do it," Presley says. "It's the experience of my life from birth to now." Yet the specificity of the album's twelve gems only makes it more universal. While zooming in on the details of her own life, Presley exposes themes to which everyone can relate. The album explores everything from a terrible economy to unexpected pregnancies to drug abuse in tightly written songs that transcend the specific and become tales of our shared experiences. "I think a good song is one where people listen to a very personal story and think 'That's my story, too,'" Presley says. Mission accomplished.

American Middle Class

Music GB