Brooklyn's Dougie Poole puts his eccentric stamp on country music, melding eerie D.I.Y. bedroom pop textures with a love for classic honky tonk and lonesome, earthy songwriting. Earning plaudits for crafting modern country music for a young genre-averse urban crowd, Poole has shared shows with eclectic acts like Jerry Paper, Bong Wish, and Drugdealer. His self-released, home-recorded debut, Wideass Highway, earned him a contract with Wharf Cat Records, which issued his more expansive follow-up, The Freelancer's Blues, in 2020.