Everywhere You Look You Only See Red: Calexico

Something's building here, but I'm not sure it's as simple as tension/release. The swells are coming in faster than we thought - they'll crash right on top of us. No, this isn't tension, we know not to hold our breath. This is a violent submersion, slow-mo and hand-held like in the movies, this song swirling around us and rising above our heads. And we knew something was wrong all along, we knew it. The way everything wants to go faster, but it can't so it'll get louder. The way Burns is singing - is he standing closer to us than usual? Is he shaking? He's not blinking. He saw it coming too, he was our alarm. Now it's too loud, he's been swept away, and it's here. The pounding, everything breaking that can be broke, and now the eye of the storm sees only the pieces, the red.

From Garden Ruin, out April 11th (info):

Calexico - All Systems Red

Vist Calexico's official website

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I'm seeing William Douglas tonight, the formerly nameless troubador from the Laura Veirs show.

Enjoy!