Doggie Pooles’ Freelancer’s Blues sits somewhere between the golden country of AM radio in the 70’s and a more modern psych-lite of today. Layered with effects and synths throughout and yet holding onto a traditional country sound that is reminiscent of someone like The Mavericks. Poole is super clever within his lyrics and delivers nonstop tongue in cheek malaise throughout. That’s not to say Dougie Poole shouldn’t be taken seriously. I would recommend The Freelancer’s Blue’s to 7.5 of my 10 friends and flip ‘em a doobie.
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“How sweet it would be to not have a brain.” This ability to approach mid-level malaise with empathy and a smirk sits at the heart of his songs—it’s a pleasure to witness”
– @pitchfork
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“Dougie Poole established himself as forerunner in a class of musicians who grew up in a post-genre ecosystem equally as likely to be influenced by Ariel Pink and Animal Collective as Dolly Parton and Dwight Yoakam”
– @roughtrade
