peripheral vision is the lover you’ve known for years who pulls the sheets up to your cheek as you transition from sleep into barely conscious flirtations. peripheral vision is also the pain of waking up on the first morning after it’s over; alone, empty, only wishing for this reality to end so that the reality that existed yesterday can return and play on loop. peripheral vision is the triumph of acceptance of that new reality; the acceptance that even if things were good, they’ll get better.

the price of admissionturnpike troubadours10/10 originally published on 2025/09/09 No junk, no soul.We must wrestle with the phrase from time-to-time when our favorite artist(s) take time away from the music system to improve their health and state of mind. This phrase naturally frames the decision of an artist to be sober as a negative impact on their creative output that we adore. That being said, when Even Felker stepped away from Turnpike Troubadours to improve himself, one could easily assume that 2017’s A Long Way from Your Heart was the last that we would hear of the red dirt originals.Fast…