Going My Way is Randy Weeks’ first album since relocating from L.A. to his new Austin, Texas home base. With the help of talents like producer/guitarist Will Sexton, singer Eliza Gilkyson, and multi-instrumentalist Mark Hallman, he makes a smooth entry into the city’s renowned alt-country community bringing a quiet mastery to this album’s wry and poignant song-sketches of the unglamorous life. Tracks like “The One Who Wore My Ring, “A Lot to Talk About” and “That’s What I’d Do” sound close to mainstream country fare. Echoes of ’60s folk-rock and ‘80s new wave ring out through upbeat tunes like “Black Coffee and Lifesavers” and the title track. Weeks excels in closely observed studies of bickering couples (“I Think You Think”), jittery insomniacs (“Little Bit of Sleep”), and restless romantics (“Get Me to the Shelter”). His pinched, Midwestern-accented vocals make him sound less like a Lone Star outlaw than a small-town storyteller — there’s no bluster or orneriness in his work. Infused with tasty guitar twang and road-seasoned lyric insights, Going My Way ranks among Weeks’ most well-realized efforts.