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Best All-Around Boy

Griffin Winton set out to make a rock album. And by God, he did it. Best All-Around Boy covers a vast spectrum of rock ’n’ roll from 70s grooves and guitar harmonies (“Another Cracker at the Crossroads”), slow-burn, indie rock (“Grow Ur Own Boyfriend”), and ecstatic, white-knuckle dessert rock (“MAGA MILF”). Recorded over two days in the dead of winter in Nashville, Tennessee, the result is a raucous 8 song cycle that balances sophomoric, class-clown hi-jinks with a take-no-prisoners approach to rock.

No matter the sound or subject, Best All-Around Boy is infectiously fun. Over it’s brief run time, Winton and the band take listeners on a journey through emotional states and have a blast doing it—even when the emotions themselves may be unflattering or unpleasant. Above all, Best All-Around Boy is joyful. And in bleak times such as these, we’ve never needed joy more.