Album Review: Gary Clark Jr. - The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim

Hailed as something of a blues saviour, a wunderkind of the genre, Gary Clark Jr. returns with his second full-length album.

More ambitious than its predecessor, 2012's Blak And Blu, The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim incorporates grandiose, sweeping arrangements that evoke Kanye over Clapton. Clark's guitar playing is as good as any of his contemporaries, but too often it's left to wail in the background, and while that affects the overall album, it does mean that — on songs where his axe comes to the forefront, like Grinder — there are moments of pure brilliance.