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Round up a country band and an early R&B group with three lead vocalists, weave in a hefty amount of vocal harmony and witty turns-of-phrase, and let ‘em rock out like The Band. With upbeat, barroom dance numbers, lilting, introspective tunes of heartbreak, Western Centuries strikes an oft-strived-for but rarely achieved balance between genre-busting experimentation and thoughtful continuity.