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The final form of modern country: The Cold Beer Song

Grant St. Clair
Nov 17, 2025
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Now, to be fair, there are country songs I love from country artists I love, but I also don’t think it’d be totally unreasonable to call the genre a bit samey. As our rural areas gradually vanish and the genre struggles to escape the post-9/11 haze of froth-mouthed patriotism, modern mainstream country has dwindled to a few self-cannibalizing ideas: tru…

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