(2022) Howe Gelb - The Coincidentalist ∕ Dust Bowl [FLAC]

       (2022) Howe Gelb - The Coincidentalist / Dust Bowl   





Review:

The Coincidentalist and Dust Bowl are two discs of Howe Gelb filled with randomness and happenstance, a typical treasure trove spanning all genres from alt country to Cohen-esque grandeur. They traverse, unflinchingly, his chameleon-like repertoire. The Coincidentalist, originally released in 2013, features a raft of friends and collaborators including Bonnie Prince Billy, Andrew Bird, M. Ward, Steve Shelley, and Jason Lytle of Grandaddy with John Parrish on mixing duties. Ever the focal point of Giant Sand and Gelb releases, the Arizona Desert serves as a key inspiration for the record, animating the baron landscape with stories of those that have navigated them. Praise for the release was not short, with AllMusic proclaiming that it’s “one of Gelb’s most realized efforts; despite its relaxed, airy presentation, it’s musically and lyrically provocative, as poetic, strange, and mysterious as the desert itself.” The accompanying collection ‘Dust Bowl’ is a personal sketchbook of songs, a more stripped back set than it’s counterpart. Featuring everything from the country blues of ‘Porch Banjo’ and ‘John Deere’, to off-kilter piano ballads like ‘The Old Overrated’ and ‘Reality Or Not’ and the deconstructed desert pop on ‘Forever a and A Day’ and the fragile ‘Man On a String’. ‘Dust Bowl’ is an insider’s view of Howe’s songwriting craft, a unique insight into the man himself. “‘Dust Bowl’ was primarily for fans that have followed me for a while. ‘The Coincidentalist’ is for the friends of the fans.” Howe told Under The Radar. While Nightlife magazine reported that; “Without warning, the Giant Sand frontman and polymorphous countryman dropped this compilation of house recordings via Bandcamp… At a time when so much harmless, soulless folk resonates, Howe Gelb is a mandatory point of reference for any fan of the genre.”  — howegelbmusic.bandcamp.com





   





Track List:

Disc 1 - The Coincidentalist

01 - Vortexas

02 - Left of Center

03 - Running Behind

04 - The 3 Deaths of Lucky

05 - Unforgivable

06 - Instigated Chimes

07 - The Coincidentalist

08 - Triangulate

09 - Picacho Peak

10 - An Extended Plane of Existence



Disc 2 - Dust Bowl

01 - Dust Bowl

02 - Porch Banjo

03 - Lost Love

04 - Man On a String

05 - Reality or Not

06 - John Deere

07 - Windblown Waltz

08 - Redelivery Blues

09 - Forever and a Day

10 - Plane of Existence

11 - A Coffee Song

12 - The Old Overrated

13 - Mystery Spot

14 - Blink of an Eye





Media Report:

Genre: alt-country

Country: USA

Format: FLAC

Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec

Bit rate mode: Variable

Channel(s): 2 channels

Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz

Bit depth: 16 bits

Compression mode: Lossless

Writing library: libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)





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