Or maybe you hear Lou Reed, Nick Cave, Randy Newman, and the War on Drugs instead. Or record sleeves if you will: Depending on your Ikea shelf space or online playlists, one might hear throughlines to Bob Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde and Leonard Cohen’s New Skin for the Old Ceremony, the rock-as-savior gestures of Spiritualized and Springsteen. Across four solo albums (and turns in bands like Woods and the Babies), Kevin Morby has always worn his influences on his sleeve.
