

Just a year after his major-label debut Actin’ Up Again, viral country up-and-comer Gavin Adcock returns with a double album—the latest in a string of country stars to go big or go home with sprawling, ambitious projects. With themes of heartbreak, self-destruction, and redemption, Own Worst Enemy—as its title suggests—is a more personal outing than its predecessor, which is also reflected in the album’s more expansive production. The record opens with “Morning Bail,” a deceptively sweet song about waking up in the drunk tank after a rowdy night out. “Never Call Again” finds Adcock showing the gentler side of his often gruff voice, with drawn-out pedal steel flourishes adding a gauzy feel to the love song. The lone guest on Own Worst Enemy is Roswell, Georgia-raised Vincent Mason, who joins Adcock on “Almost Gone,” a down-and-out ballad about the one that got away. And the album of course includes the fan favorite “Last One to Know.”