Country music star Lee Kernaghan’s 11th studio record, Beautiful Noise, packs a heavy punch. The singer pushes his rootsy sound deep into arena-rock territory for muscular, anthemic tailgate bangers like the U2-indebted title track, the down-home “Dirt Music,” and party starter “Ute Me.” On “Bang Bang (Shooting from the Heart),” he delivers ‘80s-inspired romantic balladry, and revels in the buzz of new love alongside his wife, pop singer Robby X, on the earthy duet “New Kind of High.” But the heart of Beautiful Noise can be found in the reverent, piano-driven “Flying with the King,” when Kernaghan pays tribute to his hero, country icon Slim Dusty, by recounting a memorable flight where the two were coincidentally seated beside each other early in the younger songwriter’s career.