Consumer Guide Album

Wussy: The Great Divide [Shake It EP, 2024]
Released this past November 15, the same day as their first new album in six years, this more than creditable vinyl EP whose lead and title song is also on the album in a different mix documents the extent to which America's greatest alt-rock band is enmeshed in the nickel-and-dime capitalism of struggling artistes nationwide just like all such bands. Is there a gimmick? You could say so, but I'd never call it that because the extra selling point is that two of its three tracks were recorded with their steel guitarist, the late, above-mentioned John Erhardt, who'll haunt their first new album in six years forever. B+