Country music has gotten a lot of mileage out of the idea that great songs require a little self-destruction. Zach Bryan is questioning what that idea actually did for him.

Bryan released Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs on Friday, October 16. The eight-song EP features Lana Del Rey and Turnpike Troubadours, but his accompanying conversation with Matthew McConaughey offers another reason to pay attention: Bryan says he wrote and sang the entire project sober.
