Cheers for that Nick!  Great write up.  And listening to those 3 tracks, I'm not sure why I didn't get into the album.  Will re-download it.

Might have just come down to expectations; IE not being sure if he was taking the piss or not, with his persona.  You post has cleared it up though.  He's an intriguing dude.  Will go for a long walk tomorrow and give him a proper listen.

After a listen - think you described it pretty in that it has a distinct eerie vibe - and I couldn't tell you which song was my favourite but enjoyed it.  Like right now, I mostly just remember the general sound, and that he did a really understated 'yee haw' at one point.  Takes me a while to figure this stuff out!  Will give it a regular run over the coming weeks!

Moot_Geeza wrote:

His parts on the Twain duet just sound like karaoke.

And why does the angel's banjo sound like a pedal steel?

Moot_Geeza wrote:

I've really tried, and I didn't want to post until I was sure, but I don't think I like any of Peck's recent tracks.  His parts on the Twain duet just sound like karaoke.   Conversely, the more I listen to the previous album the more it grows on me.

New EP hasn't been on heavy rotation like Pony, but those two tracks I mentioned do still reverberate around my head most days. I have faith for a new full release, and there's enough from Show Pony that I can pick out and nibble on whilst dipping back into the great Pony.

I enjoyed his shit-eating grin behind the mask all the way through the video for the Shania Twain duet.

New Colter, album drops next Friday.

Fun.

Damn.  Harlem River Blues was the only album I properly latched on to of the three I own - hit a nice sweet spot between rough & ready and polished -  but there's enough good things on the others to warrant further listening.  Will check out Midnight at the Movies. 

Was on the new Colter Wall album this morning, didn't get it finished before I got to the pick up point for work but wowee it's got some instant wins on it.  The cover of Big Iron was unexpected but absolutely perfect and High & Mighty is outstanding.  Please be album of the year, going back in now.

Nice, I forgot Colter's album was dropping - Glad that early impressions are strong.  Will check it out, and those JTE tracks, when I get home tonight.  

Oh cool, would love to hear Nick's cover!  A great man is our Nick.

Double post

Not enough people talk about ‘Western swing’ as a genre these days. It was having a bit of a moment when I lived in Oregon (probably on the back of the Squirrel Nut Zippers having a hit album in the mainstream charts), and there were Western swing bands playing in beer gardens all over the place. Good times.

Yep it definitely sounds like off the cuff live performances, studio gloss minimal. Someone walks around the room during one of the tracks and nearly puts him off.

Funny you should say that because Tidal keeps playing Brent Cobb after the Colter Wall album finishes and I've really latched onto Keep 'em on They Toes. Don't think I'd heard of him before Friday. Will give that one a listen.

Loving it too.  There's nothing on it as good as Bald Butte and it's not as strong a record as Songs of the Plains overall but it's still a big fat very welcome [8] for me. 

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Trying to get into Bill Callahan again as I'm fed up with being told how much I'd like him.  Or rather, I'm fed up with the fact that I feel like I should appreciate him more than I do.  Revisited two albums this morning and it's still a feeling of like rather than love.  I get the fomo with Van Morrison and Bonnie Prince Billy too.  

Dream River just finished and Tidal selected King Creosote/Jon Hopkins' John Taylor's Month Away as the next track, which is one of my faves from the past ten years.  Plus I saw a photo of Callahan standing in front of a massive John Prine mural in Mojo this morning.  Things should be adding up but they're not quite.