Ruston Kelly on the 10 albums that changed his life and how they inspired his new record: "If you really dig into the record, you can hear every single one’s influences"

Ruston Kelly onstage

As Ruston Kelly emerges from some of the most turbulent years of his life and prepares for the release of his self-examining third studio album, there’s no doubt that the Nashville-based alt-country musician has made an art form out of waging war with the man in the mirror.  

At once full of intense pain and enduring hope, The Weakness is due out on Friday 7 April via Rounder Records. It sees Kelly not only facing his demons head-on, but levelling-up his singer-songwriter sound with richer textures, more ambitious soundscapes and more electric guitars than ever before.