"What happens when you make Giant Sand even bigger? You get Giant Giant Sand, of course. Also, you get an expanded version of the band that pretty much took indie-rock in a Southwestern direction, and later yielded Calexico and influenced the likes of M. Ward, Neko Case and so on.
With a new “country rock opera” on the way, band leader Howe Gelb has made Giant Sand into Giant Giant Sand with the addition of a string section and pedal steel guitarist Maggie Bjorklund. The album, “Tucson,” follows a “semi-grizzled man with over boyish naïveté” as he leaves behind the comforts of home for a road trip that includes new love, jail time and a shitload of desert imagery.
Gelb gives you an idea what it’s all about with “Forever and a Day,” which he’s streaming in advance of the June 11 release of “Tucson.” The swift-flowing kiss-off song is full of deep twangy guitar, mariachi horns and Gelb’s dusty vocals. You can almost see the cacti" (listendamnit.com)
With a new “country rock opera” on the way, band leader Howe Gelb has made Giant Sand into Giant Giant Sand with the addition of a string section and pedal steel guitarist Maggie Bjorklund. The album, “Tucson,” follows a “semi-grizzled man with over boyish naïveté” as he leaves behind the comforts of home for a road trip that includes new love, jail time and a shitload of desert imagery.
Gelb gives you an idea what it’s all about with “Forever and a Day,” which he’s streaming in advance of the June 11 release of “Tucson.” The swift-flowing kiss-off song is full of deep twangy guitar, mariachi horns and Gelb’s dusty vocals. You can almost see the cacti" (listendamnit.com)
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