Twenty-six tracks of blues-drenched revenge for Lincoln Clay's war against the Italian mob in 1968 New Bordeaux (New Orleans). "Swamp War Stomp" and "J Bar Blues" root the score in Louisiana bayou culture. "Straight Razor Blues" names the weapon and the genre simultaneously.
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"11th Hour Blues" sets the tone for a man with nothing left to lose. "5 Years, 3 Months, 18 Days" — the exact duration of something that shaped Lincoln. "No One Is Untouchable" is the game's thesis statement. "Boy Becomes a Man" tracks the transformation.
"That's the Plan, Padre" establishes the alliance with Father James. "From the Darkness, A Voice" and "Devil In the Woodpile" add Southern Gothic atmosphere. "First Man Down" and "Hard Fought, Hard Won" track the body count.
"Chance of a Goddamn Lifetime" adds profane desperation. "A Kind of Peace" is the closest Lincoln gets to resolution. "Only One Thing We're Good At" closes with the acknowledgment that violence is all that's left. The blues was the perfect genre for this revenge story — music born from Black American suffering scoring a Black protagonist's war against systemic and criminal power.