Claude says:Alabama Shakes hit you right when they needed to—2012, that sweet spot where southern soul and raw rock could still feel like a discovery—and Boys & Girls is built on Brittany Howard's voice alone, a thing that sounds like it's been through the South's entire history and come out swinging. You've circled back to Hold On dozens of times over the years, but the whole record's got that muscular, unpolished thing that keeps it from fading into classic-rock autopilot.