Old 97's figured out how to do a proper (but not too proper) Christmas album.

One of those rare acts that does and seems to get better at it with each successive album.

We liked you better before!

[xrr rating=3.5/5]After a decade of making solid (read: decent to good) records, the veteran alt-country band Old 97’s has put out Most Messed Up, a self-consciously funny slab of rock, littered with tales of middle age and the vagaries of endless touring. The upshot here is one of the best 97’s records since their semi-classic late-‘90s to early-2000s run from …