Weariness sounds good on Jeff Tweedy. Much of the power and beauty across Wilco's discography has resulted from their founder and frontman sounding beaten-down by life on Earth, reflecting back his listeners' struggle to make sense of their own messy existence. Tweedy is better than most at crafting punchy pop songs and rousing rockers, but he unlocks some kind of special songwriting magic when he digs into his own pain and fatigue and peers out at the world through bleary eyes, bewildered but still clinging to hope. Stare back long enough and his ache becomes indistinguishable from your own.
