Zach Bryan The Great American Bar Scene
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Hawks
Staff Reviewer
August 31st 2025


119864 Comments

Album Rating: 3.6

Finally about to get on this. Love the s/t a lot.

Gameofmetal
Emeritus
August 31st 2025


12126 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

morgan wallen is bad because his songs are bad, not because he makes a lot of music lol

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
August 31st 2025


119864 Comments

Album Rating: 3.6

AGREED.

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
August 31st 2025


119864 Comments

Album Rating: 3.6

Ok I don't think this is as good as the s/t, but still very enjoyable.

Cygnatti
September 1st 2025


36441 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I don't really see how writing a lot of songs is inauthentic? He's the primary songwriter for all of his music, it's not like he has someone else doing them for him.



This dude loves writing and loves recording, and seems to like his music a lot. What happens when an artist thinks a lot of their work happens to be good enough to be publicly released?

Sowing
Moderator
January 1st 2026


45665 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

This is the biggest grower of his discog for me so far. Reviewed it at a 3.5 but honestly some days it's pushing a 4.5 for me.

Gameofmetal
Emeritus
January 2nd 2026


12126 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

grew on me as well. could be trimmed down but plenty of strong songs here.

bigweinerdon
January 2nd 2026


3029 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

He's got alot of grower tracks for sure. Guys a bit of a clown though

RadioSuicide
January 2nd 2026


2949 Comments


was a bit dismissive of this feller due to my annoyance of the current country scene, but he ain’t too bad, or at least there’s far worse

Gameofmetal
Emeritus
January 2nd 2026


12126 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

He is a bit of a cornball personally but the music is very much not representative of the broader problems in country.

AlkemestRedux
Contributing Reviewer
January 2nd 2026


1400 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I'm always a bit wary most of the current crop of country artists but maybe I'll give this a spin.

RadioSuicide
January 2nd 2026


2949 Comments


@game while i do agree that he is not a culprit of the greater bastardization of the genre, i also think if it weren’t for the morgan wallens of the world he would be closer to the bottom of the barrel. generally speaking he seems like a good guy that approaches music earnestly and with humility, and for that i tip my hat. should he ever push the envelope and make something special (which i believe he can), i’ll be the first to sing his praises.

@alk same, largely from being, perhaps, a bit too engrained in the older stuff. regardless, i would advise at least giving one of his records a stab.

Gameofmetal
Emeritus
January 9th 2026


12126 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

new album out tomorrow, 25 whopping tracks and apparently a dual release with stripped down acoustic versions

Cygnatti
January 9th 2026


36441 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

25 tracks, dude c'mon

Gameofmetal
Emeritus
January 9th 2026


12126 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I mean, all his stuff has been rather long as the tracklists go and this ain’t even his longest one so it’s not a red flag to me, but I do think he could do better things with a shorter tracklist + longer songs.

AlkemestRedux
Contributing Reviewer
January 9th 2026


1400 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I'll give this a listen today. I listened through the Turnpike Troubadours albums yesterday that I hadn't heard before and it felt nice going on a country binge again.

bigweinerdon
January 9th 2026


3029 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

New ones not bad. They always grow heavy though

Gameofmetal
Emeritus
January 9th 2026


12126 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

yeah id say the same, it's enjoyable on first listen but the best tracks will pop out with a little time probably like this one did

AlkemestRedux
Contributing Reviewer
January 9th 2026


1400 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I'm over halfway and pretty bored. He has a great voice and is clearly a good songwriter, but there's too much going on. I agree that this really suffers from having too many songs. Does he have any albums that are like 10 songs, 45 minutes? Because I bet that would be great.



edit: bumped to 3.5 because Pink Skies kicks ass.

Gameofmetal
Emeritus
January 9th 2026


12126 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Deann is short but it's pretty raw and his voice/songwriting wasn't too developed.



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