{"id":58613,"date":"2026-02-21T15:15:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T15:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/21\/liam-st-john-amps-up-roots-music-keeps-it-raw-on-man-of-the-north\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T15:15:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T15:15:42","slug":"liam-st-john-amps-up-roots-music-keeps-it-raw-on-man-of-the-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/21\/liam-st-john-amps-up-roots-music-keeps-it-raw-on-man-of-the-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam St. John Amps Up Roots Music, Keeps It Raw on ‘Man of the North’"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tWhen Liam St. John<\/a> was writing and recording what would become his new album, Man of the North<\/em>, he found himself revisiting both where and how he was raised: in the vibrant green landscape of eastern Washington state, by a single mother and his two sisters.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAs I\u2019ve grown, I\u2019ve come to really love where I\u2019m from,\u201d St. John says. \u201cI feel connected to those pine trees, and I think it\u2019s because my life has seen so much dark and stormy weather. I think about my mom and all that she endured as a single mom raising us, and it made me think about the trees that have been towering over my house since I was a baby.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 16-track record, his first since signing with the Big Loud Rock label, is technically not a debut project. St. John has a pair of albums steeped in roots and blues, stripped back<\/em> and All the Bad Things<\/em> (Stripped Back)<\/em>, which he released in 2022 and 2023 respectively. Both feature St. John on vocals and guitar and recording each song in a single take. The former, bolstered by the viral success of the single \u201cDipped in Bleach,\u201d found heavy rotation on Spotify\u2019s roots and blues playlists and topped Apple Music\u2019s global blues charts.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut those records came about as St. John was still finding his footing. \u201cDipped in Bleach\u201d was an autobiographical song about a cocaine habit that he wrote while living in Los Angeles. He says the song marked the first time he opened himself up as a writer. Once it resonated with an audience, St. John saw a path forward as a musician. He would subsequently move to Nashville, but he kept his music grounded in the blues and chose not to chase the country genre.<\/p>\n

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