The leader of the Oklahoma country-rock band Southall, who open the upcoming Black Crowes/Whiskey Myers tour, lays bare familial struggles on the new album Kinfolk

When Southall set out to record Kinfolk , their first album in three years, frontman Read Southall had a simple rule in the studio: “Anything goes.”

Southall , the band’s self-titled 2023 record that marked its graduation from the Read Southall Band to simply “Southall,” was a deliberate effort, focused on room-filling rock sounds and edgy lyrics: Anything that evoked the country leanings of the group’s previous iteration was cut. In the end, the LP served its purpose in laying out a fresh direction for the renamed band.

But for Kinfolk , Southall wanted the full range of the group to be on display.…