Pitchfork

With a glance at the packaging, you might take Jim White for some kind of refried rockabilly star struggling to find a different twist for a genre whose every act sounds shockingly similar.

Not even. White's music mutates consistently throughout Wrong-Eyed Jesus, but at no point sounds exactly like anything you've ever heard before. "Burn the River Dry" is a solid cross between Neil Young and Duncan Sheik while "When Jesus Gets a Brand New Name" is a bizarre southern-rap/ freakjazz hybrid that's capable of baffling even the most insane music fan.

At once completely beautiful and spotted with question marks, Wrong-Eyed Jesus proves Jim White as an incredible songwriter, a powerful musician and a talented storyteller.