Desert Skies
Alive
2013
Rating: 7 ears of runny corn out of 10
So this is technically the debut of Beachwood Sparks, recorded in 1997, but not getting released until late 2013. I've listened to this band a lot (especially their album "Once We Were Trees"), and it does have the feel of a band still figuring out their direction. But that's not to say there aren't gems here - album opener and title song "Desert Skies" is an instant favorite by the band, sounding like a slightly twangy Teenage Fanclub track. There is a second, slightly different version of this song towards the end of the record, but the version that opens the record is the winner. "Canyon Ride" is also worth a mention, a mellow jam that caught my ear. The rest of the album is perfectly listenable, but it mostly makes me want to bust out "Trees" and listen to it obsessively for a few days.
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