Elkhorn – “Road To Chaco Canyon”
Settling into this Bandcamp Friday with some heavy hitters and longtime favorites up for pre-order. Elkhorn has long been a staple of the site and it’s great to see them following on the live record with Mike Gangloff from earlier in the year with a new studio LP for VHF. This record also finds the band in a collaborative spirit, something that has threaded through their past works, with catalog releases finding them in the company of Willie Lane, Ryan Jewell, Turner Williams, and Ian McColm. This time around the employ friend and collaborator Jesse Sparhawk (Fern Knight, Larkin Grimm, The Valerie Project) on lever harp and pedal steel. Like the last record, this finds Drew straying from his post solely at the guitar, adding vibraphone and zither to the mix. “Road To Chaco Canyon” finds the band reinvigorated by the burnt psych-folk they’ve become known for, adding some intensity with Gardner’s percussive pound. Second single “Inside Spider Rock” lets more of the zither enter the picture, finding some kinship with Drew’s recent solo works for Centripetal force. The new record, The Red Valley, is out July 30th from VHF.
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