Sounds Like: A kinder, gentler Jason Aldean
For Fans Of: Keith Urban's Fuse anthology and Smith's agreeable hero, Dierks Bentley
Why You Should Pay Attention: Because Smith is a three-tool artist: He sings, plays guitar and drums, and, a lot of importantly, writes, which in the apple of abreast country can be a attenuate combination. The Virginia built-in has aswell paid his dues, humping it about clubs with just a guitar on his back. As such, he's had his allotment of amazing journeys to affect him and, he hopes, those accommodating to listen.
He Says: "I'm not a big fan of bubblegum," Smith says of disposable songwriting. "I abhorrence if humans say their music, 'makes you wish to cycle down the windows and about-face it up in the sunshine.' Music should accomplish you feel a animal emotion. If that makes you wish to about-face it up, great. And if it makes you wish to bite the radio because it brings up an old memory, again that's abundant too."
Hear for Yourself: The metaphor-rich "Love You Like That," which Smith calls a "man's man" yield on a adulation song. - Joseph Hudak
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