Dirty Boots and a Steel Frame
It's the day after the rains here in Los Angeles and there's work to be done. There's no time for sitting around, feeling sorry for ourselves. It's time to strap on our boots and head out. Clean ourselves up a bit, hot shower, quick shave, out the door. Lightning Dust only gives us two minutes and thirty seconds to get this all done, so we better be focused and we better be quick.
The introduction of electronic elements -- the drum machine, the synth line -- feel entirely organic. Amber Weber's voice has completely come into its own as one of the greats. Earlier this year she did her best EmmyLou Harris on the Pink Mountaintops record and it was perfect. Now she steps back into the spotlight on the second Lightning Dust record and she's got everything under control. The vibratto, the soaring -- it's all under control. In lesser hands this vocal would go flying off the rails, but Amber's got half a dozen releases under belt and countless nights on stage. Clearly this has all paid off, as this Lightning Dust has an energy and focus that weren't as strong the last time around.
This song is really working for me. And man, Jagjaguwar was been on a roll lately, eh? The whole Secretly Canadian family, really. This new record will be out on August 4th. Highly recommended.