The close of summer lends both a backdrop and a metaphor to Jason Aldean’s
new single, in strong rotation on country radio. It’s a tune of stoical yearning, the
yawp of a dude bemoaning the end of a seasonal romance. “She might have
stayed forever/And never ever left these arms,” he brays, “If only I had a little
more summertime.” It’s an efficient burst of feeling from Mr. Aldean’s seventh
studio album, “They Don’t Know,” due on Friday. N.C.