Mightmare

The solo project of River Shook, Mightmare firmly diverges from Sarah Shook & the Disarmers' merger of vintage outlaw and alt-country. While the twang in their voice remained, Mightmare instead veered into dingy indie rock and even sleek electronics on the project's very personal 2022 debut, the self-produced Cruel Liars. When Sarah Shook & the Disarmers were sidelined from touring due to the 2020 pandemic outbreak, the group's leader directed energies into making an album entirely on their own, from writing to producing and engineering. Shook wrote songs about their new real...