What Genre of Music is Fables of The Reconstruction?

Relistening to Fables once again, what genre is it closest to? I think Fables is the best R.E.M. album. Peter said it best when he described it as “ An album that only R.E.M. could have made.” I’ve heard it described as Southern Gothic, but I don’t know if that’s a musical genre, I know it only as a literary genre. Songs like Wendell Gee DEFINITELY sound steeped in Country, but it’s not fully Country. Is it just weird southern Alt. Rock? I want to find more artists and Albums that sound like Fables as well.