Cruel Country–Wilco’s universally-acclaimed 12th studio album will be available for the first time on vinyl and in a standard retail CD format via dBpm Records on January 20th. The double-disc packages are comprised of 21 Country Music inspired tracks- recorded at the band’s Chicago studio–The Loft. - - Originally released in May 2022 (digital only) and in a limited “pre-release” CD edition for the June RSD drop lead tracks “Falling Apart (Right Now)” and “Tired Of Taking It Out On You” have already become staples on non-commercial public and AAA radio. Cruel Country songs and graphics have been featured throughout the band’s June European tour and August/September/October North American tour. - - A new music video for “A Lifetime To Find” will be released in conjunction with the pre-order announcement. - - Bandleader Jeff Tweedy has commented a length on the concept and recording process of Cruel Country in numerous podcasts online interviews and print articles: - - “There have been elements of Country Music in everything we’ve ever done. We’ve never been particularly comfortable with accepting that definition the idea that I was making Country Music. But now having been around the block a few times we’re finding it exhilarating to free ourselves within the form and embrace the simple limitation of calling the music we’re making Country.” - - Jon Pareles in The New York Times wrote: “Wilco makes an understated magnum opus. Its tone is naturalistic and understated; the album was recorded largely with Wilco playing live in the studio as a six-man band quietly savoring the chance to make music together after pandemic isolation.” - - Jon Dolan in Rolling Stone wrote: “Their latest is a beautifully rootsy album with a broken sense of patriotic concern.” **** - - Tagged in multiple publications’ mid-summer Best of Albums of 2022 (so far) Lists including - Variety Rolling Stone Spin Uproxx and Paste.