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Tune in to the XPN Morning Show each Monday to hear, Host, Mike Vasilikos, review XPN's Featured Album of the Week. This week's album is....

Cory Chisel And The Wandering Sons - Death Won't Send A Letter (Black Seal)

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It's easy to be fooled on Death Won't Send A Letter, the debut full length album from Cory Chisel and his band The Wandering Sons. The singer-songwriter from rural Wisconsin makes a strong first impression. From his confident road-tested vocals to his textured compositions, Chisel sounds more like a veteran performer on his proper debut.

While Chisel hopes to impress audiences with Death Won't Send A Letter, he's already done a fairly good job of creating fans within the music world. On the new record, members from both My Morning Jacket and The Raconteurs lend a hand, including Brendan Benson who with Chisel co-wrote the album's first track "Born Again."

Death Won't Send A Letter is a difficult record to categorize. While Chisel and his band offer a rock edge at times, the album moves in different directions. Chisel's upbringing as the son of a Baptist minister lends itself to his songs of redemption, love and loss. And his skill a songwriter is fully realized on songs like "Calm Down" and the heart aching balled "So Wrong For Me."

The impressive thing about Death Won't Send A Letter is that whichever direction Chisel and his band decide to go, it works. As a songwriter, Chisel is that strong and captivating on his new album.

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