“Honest to a fault and foul mouthed as a drunken sailor, she’s a nonconforming spitfire who’s proud of not fitting in with mainstream country music” – Rolling Stone.

North Carolina’s Sarah Shook sings with a conviction and hard honesty sorely missing in much of today’s Americana landscape. Rowdy punk rock insolence to the right, a bottle in a bag; organic three chords and the truth frankness to the left. Always passionate, at times profane, Sarah stalks/walks the line between vulnerable and menacing, her voice strong and uneasy, country classic but with contemporary, earthy tension. At times it’s as simple and muscular as Luther Perkins’ boom-chicka-boom or as downtown as Johnny Thunders. Sidelong is a record that will make you sit up and notice.

“…a sneering fusion of punk-rock autonomy and say-it-like-it-is country from the classic era, paired with a timeless vocal warble and tons of attitude… Honest to a fault and foul mouthed as a drunken sailor, she’s a nonconforming spitfire who’s proud of not fitting in with mainstream country music” – Rolling Stone.

“With Sarah Shook in the mix, hard core country is alive and well, and dangerous as all get out.” — No Depression

“Shook is a marvel at writing the kind of classic country one-liners that have inspired generations to cry into their beers or kick back from the bar looking for trouble.”
— Pop Matters

“Her songs may draw on classic country themes such as boozing, romance (in all its ups and downs), and hard living, but her perspective is unmistakably grounded in the present.”
— She Shreds Magazine