Dope Patina Presents Barrel Aged
Released April 19, 2025
Barrel Aged is a 10-track Americana album that sits somewhere between country, bluegrass, folk, and jam band exploration. It leans into outlaw country symbols–high noon showdowns, moonshine bootlegging, outlaws on the run–and flips them inside out to ask deeper questions about life, death, and what we’re all doing on this big blue marble.
I played every instrument you hear–vocals, guitars, banjo, keys–and mixed and produced every track from the ground up. It’s a DIY record in the truest sense but is intentional and exploratory. Both rustic and refined.
Track Listing
- Far Too Young (3:03)
- On and On (4:06)
- Sweetie Boy (3:42)
- It’s My Stop (3:26)
- Risk It For the Brisket (1:18)
- Dead or Alive (2:42)
- (8×10) Alone (3:49)
- Pickup Stickup (1:49)
- It’ll Be Ok (Or It Won’t) (3:05)
- Winter’s Here (3:38)
The singles On and On, Sweetie Boy, (8×10) Alone, and Winter’s Here anchor the conceptual themes, but the full album carries a journey from start to finish–a journey that blends back porch storytelling with wide-open improvisation.
Thanks for listening,
-R