Ryan Adams is currently on the road to discovering the Beatles. Yes, he is well aware he’s coming into the game a little later than most, but as Adams explains, he heard far more Rolling Stones growing up in North Carolina than he did Beatles, so it is never something he came across. 

Last night Adams dug into the band’s most expansive, psychedelic work, 1966’s Revolver and tweeted his thoughts on the album along with some commentary from his former bandmate and studio collaborator Benmont Tench. 

Read below. 

Tonight’s @thebeatles record. I’m super excited for this one… Mike Vilola has been prepping me for this!!! pic.twitter.com/3yeiJYI30c

— Ryan Adams (@TheRyanAdams) June 18, 2017

They only played @RollingStones not @thebeatles on the radio in my town when I was growing up
It’s amazing to have waited this long! : )

— Ryan Adams (@TheRyanAdams) June 18, 2017

Benmont. This album sounds like music looked at itself in the mirror for the first time
But in black and white @thebeatles #Revolver #Wow https://t.co/76gQDk13oW

— Ryan Adams (@TheRyanAdams) June 18, 2017

The bass lines. Are you fucking kidding me?
Taxman, Here, There and Everywhere…
What the fuck how do you even conjure these colors https://t.co/OGfEqvz9L5

— Ryan Adams (@TheRyanAdams) June 18, 2017

I remember bringing it home, & sitting on the floor in front of my folks’ console stereo: yes, the US stereo version. I was stunned & melted https://t.co/OVvoUpUhbv

— benmont tench III (@benchten) June 18, 2017

This record is so fucking weird.
The sequence is also super weird. But it TOTALLY flows.
They are aliens. Some of these songs are alien af https://t.co/J5r9OIjnNF

— Ryan Adams (@TheRyanAdams) June 18, 2017

Here, There & Everywhere ( Take 14 ) … This song. It’s a perfect song.
Paul’s voice melts my mindhttps://t.co/Rrzjv3dI72 pic.twitter.com/IqBv5KFDuS

— Ryan Adams (@TheRyanAdams) June 18, 2017