After scoring a controversial hit with “Try That in a Small Town,” the country superstar mostly avoids politics in favor of well-wrought but standard fare Some characters in Jason Aldean songs used to hate their small towns. In 2010’s “Church Pew or Bar Stool,” the narrator — alienated by both Saturday-night drunks and Sunday-morning Bible clutchers — feels alone in his one-stoplight hometown. The protagonist in 2017’s “Any Ol’ Barstool” found the part of town that suits him, but he’s resigned to a life of slugging Jack and Cokes. The character in 2012’s “Water Tower” is grateful to return to his hometown, but needed to leave in order to view it with fresh perspective.  In 2023, Aldean rode the culture war to the top of the all-genre charts with “Try That in a Small Town.” The song — a fairly generic “resentful of the big bad city” anthem with a violent, dog-whistle-laden video — pushed all the buttons it intended to, becoming the biggest mainstream hit of his career, even if it was somewhat…