Visions of a vast land: the US songwriter's very special second album. Second albums are always treacherous. Expectations turn into pressure, and the euphoria of a radiant debut - as in this case Justin Townes Earle's "The Good Life" from 2008 - is almost impossible to repeat. But with the very first song on "Midnight At The Movies", the offspring of US songwriter Steve Earle makes it clear that he has achieved something very special with album two. "Midnight At The Movies" demonstrates a musical dexterity that is rarely heard. And if you didn't know that Justin Townes Earle wrote all these songs himself, you would think they were part of the traditional cultural heritage that Woody Guthrie once picked up somewhere between Oklahoma, Nashville and Tin Pan Alley. "Midnight At The Movies" follows the vision of a vast country without stumbling once along the way. You can hear a hint of Randy Newman, a cool city breeze of Lambchop, hip retro country air à la Palace Brothers, but also the gentle swing of a Ray Price and the disarming simplicity of country blues.