The songs still have that contagious appeal, that way of impressing a pattern on your brain so it keeps repeating in your mind at odd hours of the night; yet unlike many songs that do that to me, these are thoughtful and subtle. After a year of owning this CD, I find them still coming back to me and still relevant, not popcorn.  It talks about life, love and especially sin and sorrow in America, and while not eulogizing, is a reflective backdrop for contemplation.