The Radio Engineer

There is something of a gallop to American road songs. It’s not a specific tempo that defines one but rather something in the cadence that evokes those windshield wipers keeping time. I’m not sure if Johnson intended The Radio Engineer to be a road album, and I’m not even sure if I’m even ready to call it one, but I will say that when the brushes slide across a sharp snare drum, it starts to sound like that's the kind of thing it could be. What I can say, regardless, is that it is an album suited to the road.