A few lines and a guitar lick are all Justin Townes Earle needs on Aint Got No Money, the shifty roots rocker that will be featured on his just-announced LP The Saint of Lost Causes.
Something of a return to the familiar for Earle, The Saint of Lost Causes sees him reunited with longtime producer Adam Bednarik in Nashville after venturing out to Omaha, Nebraska, to record 2017s Kids in the Streets with Mike Mogis of Bright Eyes. Aint Got No Money is lean and wiry, built around a locked-in riff that calls to mind James McMurtrys Choctaw Bingo and never loses step with Earles bitten-off, occasionally slurred vocal about trying to find the cash to make it to New Orleans. Give me some money or just leave me alone, he sings in the refrain, over a panting harmonica that wails through the songs middle fifth.
Due to be the second of 12 songs on The Saint of Lost Causes running order, Aint Got No Money and its pared-down arrangement suggests a different direction from the fleshed-out, full-band approach of Kids in the Street, which centered around more personal tales inspired by Music City, his hometown. Earle and Bednarik cut the album at Sound Emporium in Nashville.
The Saint of Lost Causes, Earles eighth full-length album, will be released May 25th on New West Records. The full track listing for the album is below.
- The Saint of Lost Causes
- Aint Got No Money
- Mornings in Memphis
- Dont Drink the Water
- Frightened by the Sound
- Flint City Shake It
- Over Alameda
- Pacific Northwestern Blues
- Appalachian Nightmare
- Say Baby
- Ahi Esta Mi Nina
- Talking to Myself