Ghost of Your Guitar Solo, MJ Lenderman’s 2021 debut for Dear Life Records, captures the Asheville artist’s raw, fast-paced songwriting—nine tracks mostly written and recorded solo in single-day bursts. Mixing country grit with punk looseness, the album pairs humour and heartbreak in vivid tales of excess and self-reflection. Influenced by southern writers Harry Crews and Larry Brown, Lenderman blurs the line between sadness and absurdity, revealing the wit and empathy behind his unpolished sound.
