So much so that she finished many of the album’s songs just before she recorded the vocal and did basic tracking for the band. That pressure gives the performances on Neon Cross an edgy urgency.

Jaime Wyatt follows up her celebrated 2017 debut Felony Blues with the new album Neon Cross, her first for New West Records. Produced by Shooter Jennings, the LP refines Wyatt’s honky-tonk sound ...