Gabbard, Andrew: Ramble & Rave On! (clear with black swirl) LP

"Ramble & Rave On!", Andrew Gabbard's third solo LP, sounds like the kind of weathered tattoo you'd see etched on a barfly's forearm as he slams another drink in a dive. Like its title, the record feels like something that's always been around; a trusty mixtape that everyone can agree on. Andrew comes to this collection of songs with something that very much feels like a "studio" record, the kind of album a 60s rock star feels like they've built the confidence to make, to shake off a rawness for something fuller and more realized. The fact that this record was yet again a homemade effort, with Andrew playing everything (apart from Sven Kahns' pedal steel), gives you an idea of how devoted and studied he is to creating that perfect song.. "Ramble & Rave On!" is Andrew's most personal album yet; it finds him journeying between his worlds as a decades-long touring and studio musician/vocalist for The Black Keys, as a songwriter with his head-in-the-stars, and as the man in his home with the people he holds dearest and with the studio where he brings it all together.