Andrew Ryan is a songwriter based in St Louis who recently released his second full length album, Wild Terrain, featuring these two tracks – ‘Torn Apart’ and ‘The Loneliness’.

‘Torn Apart’ has a really nice, low-key and mournful feel courtesy of the way the guitar and pedal steel rises and falls like a swell of emotion. ‘The Loneliest’ in comparison is a brisker strum of a song but still has that restrained, back-porch vibe. Understated can be a hard sound to convey and Ryan has a great handle on not overplaying and instead lets his indie Americana songs gently unfurl.