The extras in the #Southeastern 10 Year Anniversary boxset are, imo, very good.

All the demos have been fully mastered. Three, maybe four, of them have some unpleasant essing but most sound good enough to have been released as is. It’s appealing to hear most of the songs from the album (there’s no demo for “Super 8”) in a stripped down, folky style, just a voice and a guitar. I was pleasantly surprised to notice that the demo for “Traveling Alone” is a #JasonIsbel + #AmandaShires duet. 1/2 

 The live performance of the whole album included as the third disc is very good. The tempo of all the songs were slowed down just a bit for the live performances. Normally I’d much rather hear tempos sped up a bit (the little ADHD gremlin in my head loves that shit) but having the tempo slowed down for these songs didn’t bother me. There are plenty of the little flourishes in the instrumentation that make a good live performance and some charming anecdotes from Isbel as well. 2/2