Proving that there is still room for an authentic country voice in the Country music genre, Scotty McCreery has bravely released an unabashed rural record. It’s an album that true country fans will embrace, and it includes several songs that will no doubt inspire audiences to sing along when McCreery hits the road this summer.

Rise & Fall is a lot of things—beer, crises, regret, faith— but most of all it is 13 tracks of the North Carolina native’s glorious baritone voice. Paired with some traditional country tunes, he’s finally arrived just where we always hoped he would someday be—in the legendary turf of Strait, Jackson, Brooks, and Travis. If McCreery has had some falls, this album is all about the rise.