Adam Gnade, “Summer Suite Part 1,” The Wild Homesick (Punch Drunk Records)
The great thing about writing about Adam Gnade is that he does most of the talking for you. Here he talks about Texas in the middle of summer—which sounds miserable, really—and the dreams that die there. He does so over some sparse, twangy guitar and that’s that. It’s not until about four minutes in until this starts sounding like a “song,” and even then it’s more scene-setting than driving. But scene setting is what Gnade is best at, and you can feel the heat and you know these people. Then a torn-up old tape recording starts chirping over the track. But before you know it, Gnade is delivering something of a chorus: “All that devours will be devoured/ All that binds will be bound,” he says. “And here’s the home you’ve been looking for all along.” So begins his four-part, 17-minute journey. There, see? That wasn’t so bad. Go see Adam if you want the rest of the story.
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says:is this a free download
Posted @ July 2nd, 2009 at 1:35 pm (July 2nd, 2009) | Flag this Comment | permalinkCasey Jarman
(post author) says:it should be, technically, but our little download thingy is messed up. try this address: http://localcut.wweek.com/mp3/summersweetpart1.mp3
Posted @ July 2nd, 2009 at 1:45 pm (July 2nd, 2009) | Flag this Comment | permalinkCasey Jarman
(post author) says:p.s. i guess name is not required, huh?
Posted @ July 2nd, 2009 at 1:46 pm (July 2nd, 2009) | Flag this Comment | permalinkspacemtn
says:nice. this is radicalismo
Posted @ July 4th, 2009 at 11:04 pm (July 2nd, 2009) | Flag this Comment | permalinkmartin mull
says:That’s some weird new blues thing. WTF. Never heard anything like that. usually music with a guy just talking is pretty embarrassing. This song is different i dig it. I like how you can hear dogs barking at one point. is that a sample or real?
Posted @ July 20th, 2009 at 9:51 am (July 2nd, 2009) | Flag this Comment | permalinkjill
says:Thanks for posting this!
Posted @ July 26th, 2009 at 7:02 pm (July 2nd, 2009) | Flag this Comment | permalink-Jilly
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says:o.k. cool. thanks for the dl
Posted @ July 28th, 2009 at 2:44 pm (July 2nd, 2009) | Flag this Comment | permalinknamerequired
says:ps. today sounds like this song. wheeeew hot!
Posted @ July 29th, 2009 at 12:02 pm (July 2nd, 2009) | Flag this Comment | permalink