Sturgill Simpson/Johnny Blue Skies fans are having a field day in the comment section of the surprise, YouTube release of Mutiny After Midnight. The latest project from the artist formerly known as Sturgill Simpson wasn’t supposed to come out for a couple of more weeks. Mutiny After Midnight was actually set for a March 13 release, and not only that, it was said to only be available through physical media purchase – CD, vinyl, and cassette. So it was a pleasant and unexpected surprise when JBS dropped the entire disco protest album on YouTube – and did so just shy of two weeks until the official release date. And just as we were promised, the project gives off big time disco-country-rock-dance vibes. When Sturgill Johnny Blue Skies announced his new record with a Mutiny After Midnight letter, he described the new endeavor like this: “We decided to make an album centered firmly on groove. We started every day from scratch with a basic groove. I wrote the songs and lyrics in the moment on the spot, and everyone established their individual parts servicing the songs and not the individual ego… There’s a simple goal we as a band set out to achieve: to make a dance record. So this protest, this mutiny is really more about the primary dance. The dance of all creation. To be clear, it is a protest against oppression and suppression, and the only tried and tested true antidote to that is pure, unfiltered, unapologetic, relentless disco-hedonism.” That’s 100% what they achieved, and Sturgill/JBS fans are loving it (more on that in a bit). There’s all kinds of killer riffs, and plenty of political commentary (anti-ICE, anti-Trump, references to George Floyd). And above all, the album with an overarching theme of love had a healthy amount of head-turning, suggestive lines about, well…. sex. Considering Stu warned that he’d diving into unadulterated hedonism, I guess that’s not all that surprising. If you haven’t had a chance to listen to it, the album was posted as one long video (for the kids out there, it plays like it would on a record player). Here’s some guidance on where each song starts if you wanted to skip around and check out each one. Side 1 1. “Make America F** Again” – 0:00 2. “Excited Delirium” – 4:20 3. “Don’t Let Go” – 6:30 4. “Stay On That” – 11:15 5. “Viridescent” – 15:48 Side 2 6. “Situation” – 20:11 7. “Venus” – 25:50 8. “Everyone Is Welcome” – 31:35 9. “Ain’t That A B*tch” – 37:00 Now to the comment section. Fans have been patiently waiting for a new Johnny Blue Skies record ever since he dropped 2024’s Passage du Desir. That project landed well with a lot of music fans, so it was only natural for people to look forward to even more JBS. Once that arrived in the form of Mutiny After Midnight – and two weeks early – the Sturgill and Johnny Blue Skies die-hards lost their minds. And flooded the comment section of the YouTube release with hilarious replies and observations like these: “It’s 1973. After a long night of partying, Waylon and Earth Wind and Fire decide to make an album together. It only took 53 years but the album is finally here.” “My neighbors loved this album so much they invited the cops to my place to listen to it.” “Dammit guess I’m drinkin’ garage beers now.” “Time to get drunk and stoned in the garage with the dog.” “I didn’t know Horny Political Country Funk was a music genre.” “My neighbor threw a brick through my living room window and asked me to turn it up.” “Just added to my bucket list: See JBS and the Dark Clouds perform ‘Mutiny After Midnight’ at an outdoor amphitheater on a hot summer night.” “I’m drinkin’ wild turkey and building improvised explosives in the woods.” “Sleazy disco country rock at its finest! I’m pretty sure we all needed this.” “My old lady got pregnant 10 seconds into this.” “Listening to this at work, and now HR wants to see me. I’m guessing they want the link.” “Amazing to listen to an album and every new song is like ‘I wonder if this is gonna be one of my favorite songs I’ve ever heard in my life.'” “Making this record my entire personality for the next few weeks.” I can very much relate to that last comment.The post “Horny Political Country Funk”: Sturgill Simpson Fans Are Going Wild In The Comment Section Of ‘Mutiny After Midnight’ first appeared on Whiskey Riff.