Trouble in Mind: a fitting title for this album. Hayes Carll manages to express sentiments of loss and regret, feelings of overindulgence and of unfulfilment, and, more positively, hope and enjoyment of life. Through his troubled-sounding voice and his guitar, Carll has given us a 50-minute, 14-track exploration (some would even say whirlwind tour) of the range of feeling we know as human emotions. "It's a Shame" is a lament to a love that never will be; "Don't Let Me Fall" is the bared soul of a man entirely reliant on those closest to him; however, perhaps the most striking is the way Carll manages to inject a poignancy into Tom Waits' renowned ...  Read the complete review