'Twisters' is Good Country
Can a soundtrack be the best country album of the year? Yes, yes it can.
This summer, the only thing hotter than Glen Powell’s chiseled jawline is the accompanying soundtrack from his blockbuster film, Twisters. Featuring a who’s who of today’s country music scene – from up-and-comers to stalwarts like Tyler Childers, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Thomas Rhett, Lainey Wilson, and Jelly Roll – the 29-track (!) album also includes surprise appearances from Leon Bridges, Charley Crockett, and even Shania Twain.
Lest we forget, the original Twister gave us a formidable soundtrack as well, one that was stacked with Warner Records’ finest acts of 1996, including Van Halen, Rusted Root, Tori Amos, Goo Goo Dolls, Stevie Nicks, Alison Krauss & Union Station, and… SHANIA TWAIN. It’s still fun, but serves more as a time capsule than a cohesive album that you want to listen to all the way through.
Today’s Twisters soundtrack is a success not just because of the broad mix of current country crooners representative of this exact moment in the genre. What makes it so damn listenable is that this is a soundtrack that’s actually good. Maybe it’s the cinematic nature of its making, but this is a mix that drives harder than Glen Powell’s souped up, twister-chasing Dodge Ram. (We gotta fit in as many Glen Powell references as we can here!)
Lead Image: Twisters soundtrack.
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