On Ready for Confetti, Keen sets his Texas troubadour poetry to country instrumentals that are just as agile and lively as the words. The title track pairs optimistic lyrics with a jaunty combination of slide guitar and Latin rhythms, while "Top Down" bounces between dreamy steel guitar and an airy groove. And though the drifter's saga "I Gotta Go" doesn't end well for the narrator, its layered, stomping beat is too joyous to resist shimmying to.