As Wilco endures as a band, we as fans learn to expect the unexpected. Debate will seemingly always carry on between simplistic vs. experimental tendencies of the band. And it becomes almost laughable, because regardless the results are almost always remarkable. On The Whole Love, Wilco don’t really aim to satisfy either end of the spectrum and in turn, probably please all. The Whole Love provides the catchiness that we love in songs like “I Might” and “Born Alone”. And whether it’s the complexity of the seven-minute opener “Art of Almost”, which closes out with an utterly thrilling guitar solo by Nels Cline, or the straightforward, almost Beatles-y “Capitol City”, the songs are classic Wilco.

The Whole Love was recorded in the band’s hometown of Chicago at their own studio, The Loft. Tweedy and the band self-produced the album and are releasing it for the first time through their own label. It also should be mentioned that the consistency of players on The Whole Love adds to the stellar results. Keep this in mind; The Whole Love is the third album with the same line-up in tact (including Cline and multi-instrumentalist Pat Sansone).