On April 21, Fat Possum Records will release the latest studio album from Jimbo Mathus. The former Squirrel Nut Zippers frontman produced Blue Healer with Bruce Watson at Dial Back Sound in Mathus’ native Mississippi. Blue Healer is a concept album, as Mathus explains, “It’s the story of a man in a southern landscape who is swept insanely apart by internal and external winds. He digs deeper and deeper into the very fabric of his reality, experiencing love and lust, despair, hope and sheer animal exhilaration on levels few ever do. He is tested in every way imaginable and achieves a sort of enlightenment — gains power and understanding of life’s mysteries. Yet questions remain. He wonders if the struggle was worth it, or even real. Is he madman or sage? Con man or honest counsel? Is this autobiographical or fictional? Only the Blue Healer knows the answer to the great cosmic heebie-jeebie.” Today we premiere “Shoot Out The Lights” from the forthcoming record. Mathus tells Relix, “I wrote ‘Shoot Out the Lights’ in the heat of summer. Some frat boys in Oxford had harassed my wife and I and the cops wouldn’t do anything about it. I was pissed off. Roscoe (Eric Ambel) said he felt like he’d been in a street fight after he cut the guitar solo. Enjoy!”