Light Sensitive

Paul Burch's 11th album Light Sensitive was recorded in Nashville with his longtime band the WPA Ballclub, along with guests Luther Dickinson, Robyn Hitchcock, Amy Rigby, and Aaron Lee Tasjan. Light Sensitive sounds both modern and instantly classic, punctuating Pop Matters' declaration that Burch is "one of the best damn songwriters operating today." Burch's music is for the here and now, but the fervor of rock & roll is always just beneath the surface, as if the secret son of William Faulkner had traded his typewriter for an electric guitar. Light Sensitive takes place in the modern South, where past and present shoot dice on the future, and just wishing for something good has spectacular costs. The album's spirit of dislocation and lost opportunities was inspired by a visit to Burch's one-time hometown of Oxford, Mississippi. Co-produced with a