Track taken from “Black Wind”, out November 18th via Scissor Tail.
Backing vocals by Kath Bloom.
On “Black Wind”, songwriter/guitarist Wes Tirey makes the case for quality over quantity. After a stream of well-received cassettes, Tirey assembled a reserved trio and laid down the soft law on a single night in September. Whereas his previous releases were turned inward, “Black Wind” opens out like Malick meditating on prairie grass. The words and imagery are stark, broad strokes while the arrangements are spacious, simple structures of Tirey’s voice and acoustic guitar, with sparse backing from a telecaster and a trap kit. Opener “All the Livelong Day” comes on like Karen Dalton dressed-down to parched bone, window-lit dust and old chairs, while the final and title track flutters in bursts, unfurling heavy-lidded at daybreak.
