Illusion and Doubt was the band's second album, and was noted for its eccentric lyricism, and unusual musical influences, including its usage of a cello. Particular attention was brought to the African-American origins of its sound, with Mark Johnson of Americana UK summarising the album by saying "Bluegrass? How about blackgrass?"
Hailing from Regina, Canada, The Dead South are a quartet formed back in 2012, releasing their debut album in 2015 via German label DevilDuck Records. Illusion & Doubt, their second release, surfaced in Canada a year later but is only now getting a wider release on the back of their surging reputation on the bluegrass scene.
Currently lining up as lead singer and guitarist Nat Hilts, mandolinist Scott Pringle, banjo player Eliza Mary Doyle (who replaced founder member Colton Crawford who plays on the album but subsequently quit with exhaustion) and, an unlikely feature for the genre, cellist Danny Kenyon, the instrumentation here augmented by and pedal steel, they’re a lively combo with only a couple of tracks that might relatively be described as ballads.
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