James McMurtry, the Austin singer-songwriter, is generally regarded as a political force. His George W. Bush-era rant “We Can’t Make It Here” was a Camp Casey classic. But on his new album out Tuesday, Complicated Game, McMurtry trades in the electric guitar for the acoustic and his gritty murmur for delicate enunciation to create a batch of mostly tender songs about the people and places he’s encountered while touring. Get an advance listen of one such track below in a never-before-seen video of McMurtry performing in the studio.“I kind of backed off from the straight-out political stuff, which I never did that much of anyway,” McMurtry said. “I don’t really like to get on a soapbox. I like to weave social commentary into my songs and…The post Video Exclusive: From James McMurtry’s Latest Album, “Complicated Game” appeared first on Texas Monthly.