Sturgill Simpson's Mutiny After Midnight — released under his Johnny Blue Skies alias — was one of the best albums of the year. At first it was only available physically (though it was briefly on YouTube), but today is the country-rock maverick's birthday and to celebrate he put it on streaming with a bonus cover.
This isn't necessarily a surprise; he said in March that the plan had been "a physical only release for at least the first 4-6 weeks to support and show solidarity with independent record shops and to promote an increasingly bygone physical and tangible connection between music and music fans."
The version on streaming includes a cover of Eddie Murphy's 1985 hit "Party All The Time," which was previously released as part of an iTunes-exclusive digital download. It also has renditions of William Bell's 1967 track "You Don't Miss Your Water" and Procol Harum's 1967 classic "A Whiter Shade Of Pale," which were featured on the 7" picture disc for Record Store Day. Stream the album below.
