Gill definitely has musical ability, playing acoustic, electric and resophonic guitars well on this album, and the ability to play other instruments.  His rich voice echoes influences of Dylan, Waits or Stan Ridgeway.  I didn’t quite understand the "story" of Lawless Soirez.  He seems to be telling a story throughout the album, but to a new listener of his music, I couldn’t follow it very well.  In any case, he doesn’t seem very happy, with dark songs like "Loneliness", "Ugly Town" and "Mutiny" on the album.  He also incorporates many instruments on the album, some of the pairings seeming odd with the lyrics.  Lawless Soirez sounds like a Herb Albert tune with it’s latin sounding horn section, while other songs have a Dixieland Jazz feel to them. My favorite song on the album is "Coal Black Heaven".  I hear a talented musician in Gill Landry, but I imagine fans of his previous work will enjoy the album more than I did.