‘Tis the season for lists; here’s a foretaste of what’s to come. The Weather Station ranks as Uncut’s overall #16, and Editor John Mulvey selects it as his #3, along with James Elkington & Nathan Salsburg at #58 and Promised Land Sound at #95. American Songwriter honors Promised Land Sound at #39 on their list.
“On constant rotation in the MOJO offices was this second album from a young Nashville five-piece who appear to have studied every great country-rock LP of the 1970s and added their own special mix of eerily hypnotic riffs, cryptic lyrics, and hazy, plaintive harmonies.”
Stream For Use and Delight in its entirety in advance of the October 2 release. MOJO describes the album as “redolent of a summer road trip from the hazy Memphis of Big Star and Jesse Winchester to the shining L.A. of Tom Petty, by turns plaintive and rocking, a wistful rhythmic journey into a band’s true beating heart.” Nashville, get to the release party at Fond Object!
Promised Land Sound and Gun Outfit have are getting lots of love from the UK press lately, including the following 8/10 and 4/5 rave reviews and features from the fine folks at Uncut, MOJO, and Shindig.
NPR’s World Cafe Next has profiled Promised Land Sound, premiering For Use and Delight album opener “Push and Pull (All the Time)”: “In the past, the group’s music has referenced Gram Parsons; now, you can also hear the influence of British psychedelic band The Pretty Things.”
Thanks to Noisey for premiering “Otherworldly Pleasures,” the second single from Promised Land Sound’s For Use and Delight. Pre-order the album today, and mark your calendars for the October tour with Natalie Prass.
Nashville’s finest purveyors of febrile root-work psychedelia have returned with a dizzyingly accomplished second album that highlights an expanded band; bigger, bolder arrangements featuring more and louder guitars, squally strings, and Steve Gunn; and road-ripened songwriting that veers between the frenetic and tender. Pre-order now and stream single “She Takes Me There” via NPR, and catch the band on tour with Natalie Prass in October.
Nashville’s finest purveyors of febrile root-work psychedelia return with a dizzyingly accomplished second album that highlights an expanded band; bigger, bolder arrangements featuring more and louder guitars, squally strings, and Steve Gunn; and road-ripened songwriting that veers between the frenetic and tender, recalling Jim Ford, the Pretty Things, the Grateful Dead, Dennis Linde, and the Byrds at their most eight-miles-fried.
Prepare thyselves to break Spring, Spring Breakers. Check out these upcoming dates with Steve Gunn (with Wilco), The Weather Station (with Great Lake Swimmers), Promised Land Sound (with Alabama Shakes), Nathan Bowles (with Steve Gunn), and Jake Xerxes Fussell (with William Tyler.)
Folks, these are two critical tours not to miss, and they start this week. Catch two of the greatest bands working today, in fine company, including Kurt Vile, Angel Olsen, William Tyler, etc. Stay tuned for more dates TBA.
