Thus Always To Tyrants

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Amazon.com Scott Miller lives up to the legacy of his former outfit, the V-Roys, by delivering one of the most promising roots-rock breakthroughs since Steve Earle's Guitar Town. Working with up-and-coming Nashville producer R.S. Field (Webb Wilder, Billie Joe Shaver), Miller's first solo album ranges from the Buffalo Springfield-like rock of "Across the Line" to the disarming piano spiritual "Room on the Cross." ("Take me with you when you go, I can't stand it here alone," he sings in an aching tenor. "Is there room on the cross for me?") Elsewhere, the Virginia singer-songwriter sets his great-great-grandfather's wartime letters to music in "Dear Sarah" and teams up with fellow Knoxville natives Superdrag for "Absolution," a track that recalls R.E.M. in their most Mike Mills-dominated moments. With intelligent songwriting and frequently inspired arrangements, Thus Always to Tyrants marks Miller as a talent to watch. --Bill Forman