Alternative American country has never been healthier, with outfits like The Pernice Brothers, The Handsome Family, Calexico and Lambchop blazing diverse trails all across the landscape.

Add to that the name of Chris Mills, who purveys as interesting a mix of the genres as you could wish to hear, from the relatively straight melodic form of ‘Crooked Vein’ to the snail’s pace vocal and loping guitar of ‘Brand New Day’. (And no, it’s not the Kieran Goss song.)

Kiss It Goodbye is an album that is possessed of as many minor roads as it has tracks, a record to get both serious and passionate about.