I'm really digging this slow, doomy Country music - is this a thing, and can I hear more of it?

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What I mean is stuff like the latest Earth album, Josh T. Pearson's 'Last Of The Country Gentlemen, that Colin Stetson cover of 'I'm So Lonelsome I Could Cry'. Not really a big country aficionado, so what else can I hear in this vein?

Laughing Gravy (dog latin), Saturday, 11 February 2012 17:08 (thirteen years ago)

You could try Townes van Zandt's most desolate stuff, like "Nothing", "Rake", "Lungs", "Kathleen", maybe even "Our Mother the Mountain".

Songs;Ohia's "Ghost Tropic" should be right on. Also search Jason Molina's albums released under his own name.

Cowboy Junkies' "Trinity Sessions" is very slow, but not really doomy at all I guess.. Great album though..

Mule, Saturday, 11 February 2012 17:41 (thirteen years ago)

Slow, doomy Country - you just described the Country Teasers. That's some cool, whacked out stuff. With dollops of Twang. They do a cool version of Stand By Your Man.

DeadWood, Saturday, 11 February 2012 20:36 (thirteen years ago)

Wolfmangler

pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Saturday, 11 February 2012 20:41 (thirteen years ago)

Deadboy & The Elephant Men - S/T is good, slow, doomy swamp-rock

rubber belly hand necker (CaptainLorax), Saturday, 11 February 2012 20:59 (thirteen years ago)

do you really enjoy the josh t pearson album

really

desperado, rough rider (thomp), Saturday, 11 February 2012 20:59 (thirteen years ago)

oh hello thank you for making me listen to the last Earth album, this is exactly the kind of thing I want more of (I've long wanted Sunn 0))) or similar to cover Reba/Bobbie Gentry's "Fancy"), will check out the other titles mentions herein.

all the other twinks with their fucked up dicks (billy), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 05:30 (thirteen years ago)

Anybody who liked the last two Earth albums are directed to last year's Barn Owl album Lost in the Glare.

tl;dr skl;dr (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 05:35 (thirteen years ago)

What he said.

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 05:38 (thirteen years ago)

the czars cover album 'sorry i made you cry', slow, country-ish, john grant's voice. more dreamy than doomy though.

keythhtyek, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 06:44 (thirteen years ago)

Barn Owl = A+ band name

all the other twinks with their fucked up dicks (billy), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 06:47 (thirteen years ago)

The recent Zachary Cale record might fit the bill. Also, the Bry Webb solo record.

Simon H., Tuesday, 14 February 2012 07:00 (thirteen years ago)

do you really enjoy the josh t pearson album

really

― desperado, rough rider (thomp), Saturday, 11 February 2012 20:59 (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I have to be in the mood for it as it's extremely soporific, but yes. The bonus tracks including "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" are pretty essential.

The Invisible Superstars (dog latin), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 11:03 (thirteen years ago)

Charlie, do you know the Lift To Experience album?

Trinity Sessions is great. Maybe Is A Woman by Lambchop? Different kind of doom.

Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 11:28 (thirteen years ago)

No I haven't heard LTE yet, but I know I oughta. I remember having a dream (maybe 10 years ago now) where I bought a Lambchop album and loved it, but I didn't in real life and never heard them outside a couple of front-cover comps.

The Invisible Superstars (dog latin), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 11:36 (thirteen years ago)

Not as slow or doomy maybe, but I've always had a mental association between JTP and William Elliot Whitmore. And any other country artist with three names prob.

Upt0eleven, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 11:50 (thirteen years ago)

In which case, LTE and Is A Woman are absolute must-haves.

Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 13:34 (thirteen years ago)

Bill Callahan and Bonnie Prince Billy both fit into this category, I'd say.

nate woolls, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 14:57 (thirteen years ago)

Cosign.

Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:01 (thirteen years ago)

Souled American.

nerve_pylon, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:02 (thirteen years ago)

got that josh t pearson album a couple months ago. thought it was decent so i picked up the LTE album and it became my favorite thing ever for a while there.

Moreno, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:26 (thirteen years ago)

first google result for barn owl band leads to this
http://barnowlband.com/images/BarnOwlBand11.jpg
Since its inception in 1991, the band's mainstay gig has been playing for a monthly barn dance for the Central Iowa Barn Dance Association in Ames, Iowa.

Probably not doomy, but they seem cool.

mizzell, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:45 (thirteen years ago)

Neil Young's "Dead Man" sdtk

max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 16:42 (thirteen years ago)

how do you feel about roy orbison

one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 16:45 (thirteen years ago)

http://www.discogs.com/Harry-Dean-Stanton-You-Dont-Miss-Your-Water/release/2751021

^^ total downer

one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 16:47 (thirteen years ago)

ry cooder's soundtrack to 'paris, texas'?

one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 16:47 (thirteen years ago)

i was never really a fan, but some folks really love 16 horsepower in the doomy alt-country vein?

one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 16:48 (thirteen years ago)

will oldham?

Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 16:48 (thirteen years ago)

emerson's old-timey custard suckin' band does some down & out bluegrass jams on 'sitting on top of the world' etc.

one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 16:51 (thirteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du7O8pF5ddU&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL8F05B42FECB27E22

one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 17:02 (thirteen years ago)

Worth checking out (I file these under twang):

The first two Beach House albums, Marie Fisker from Copenhagen, Eilen Jewell, Daniel Lanois (esp Acadie & For the Love of Wynona), Last Town Chorus, Lorna (the UK Lorna), Hope Sandoval (and her slow features in Mazzy Star), Mojave 3, Tarnation, Trespassers William (esp Different Stars).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAypnmdiCEk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3hK9LrwACU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izfo4QaqXK4

Pauper Management Improved (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 17:36 (thirteen years ago)

100% cosign certain country teaser tracks, watch out for the racism tho, it's "humor" but I always forget about it when rec'ing it to people and then lol I guess,

does this fit? wtvr I've been listening to it over and over

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCdeTt31bV0

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 17:38 (thirteen years ago)

I don't think I was the only person I know to be disappointed by the Josh T Pearson album. Ever since falling for his charm and melodies, very late at night at ATP a few years back, for seemingly ever I was waiting for him to put those particular songs to record. He released his debut solo LP and none of them were there! None of the charm or melodies it seems either. Sad. Check out the To Hull and Back live bootleg.

kraudive, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 17:54 (thirteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTNb4XP4GtE

queequeg (peter grasswich), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 17:59 (thirteen years ago)

everyone on various websites only talk about Dead Meadow as a stoner/psych band but IMO they have a definite alt-country/americana feel.

Also -- Bain Wolfkind, I can't rep for him enough. Lots of slide guitar and dark, moody telecaster.

#1 Inspector Spacetime Fanboy (Viceroy), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 19:37 (thirteen years ago)

listen to the last walkabouts album "travels in the dustland". it is slow, folkish, dark, hypnotic and additionally the female singer has got one of these great american conutry voices. check "every river will burn":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmjHAfIW8XI&feature=related

alex in mainhattan, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 20:00 (thirteen years ago)

other bands which could be of interest. the psychedelic mazzy star with hope sandoval's sleepy-sexy voice, opal which was the band before. maybe low and their slow spiritual music. eleventh dream day if you like fuzzy guitars. not to forget kurt wagner's lamchop and their slow american music full of soul and love. there areloads of bands which could be called, slow, doomy country music.

alex in mainhattan, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 20:10 (thirteen years ago)

Woven Hand are popular with some doom metallers

pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 20:14 (thirteen years ago)

Vic Chestnutt? Maybe?

Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 20:22 (thirteen years ago)

The entire album "Solitude" by The Volebeats fits this to a T. Here is a fine example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTdenHaFhFg

kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 20:26 (thirteen years ago)

the MY FATHER WILL GUIDE ME UP A ROPE TO THE SKY thread being bumped made me think of this thread (not sure if it has been brought up already)

mizzell, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 21:00 (thirteen years ago)

Digging that Walkabouts tune.

Jesse Sykes fits this perfectly. Also mentioned her on the women sing about death & dread thread a few days back. Two from her below. She also sang with SunnO)))/Boris on Sinking Belle - nice and doomy but not so country.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlCIjOBeoCQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMd2TrUdsKc

that's not my post, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 06:06 (thirteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScT9eo5cljk

Super Receptor (Barnaby, Hardly), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 08:43 (thirteen years ago)

There's lots to mine from the Barn Owl seam.

I'd heavily recommend Evan Caminiti's West Winds and the forthcoming Thrill Jockey LP from other member Jon Porras sounds like it will nail it too...

Recorded by Jon (otherwise known as one half of Barn Owl) at home and in his practice space, Black Mesa is a reflection on desolation and the search for light in a barren land. Recorded over the span of 10 months, each track materialized slowly over time. Black Mesa features seven composed tracks of meditative, electric guitar embellished with improvised atmospherics and white light feedback. The album follows an outlaw wanderer who ventures deep into the desert only to discover the Black Mesa, a bridge between worlds (as related to string theory or multiverse theory). Inspired by the hazy Americana of Sandy Bull, Popol Vuh, and Neil Young, Black Mesa endeavours to explore the depths of drone and ambient music.

Super Receptor (Barnaby, Hardly), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 09:10 (thirteen years ago)

suite thread

Chris S, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 11:29 (thirteen years ago)

gene clark - "no other" is my favorite album ever some nights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9RyvUGJ5Wc

⚓ (gr8080), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 11:32 (thirteen years ago)

maybe this song fits the thread a little better, maybe not
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2ViQXg_0bw

⚓ (gr8080), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 11:33 (thirteen years ago)

don't know if this quite fits... lovely tho. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu8w8bqnWyU

and the answer is: Opinions differ. (stevie), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 11:43 (thirteen years ago)

Really cannot recommend Lambchop's Is A Woman enough, btw, Charlie.

Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 15:40 (thirteen years ago)

I'll check it out :-)

The Invisible Superstars (dog latin), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 15:48 (thirteen years ago)

Does The Castanets (circa Cathedral) count? It's kind of countryish, bleakish.

Regional Tug (irrational), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:10 (thirteen years ago)

Seconding 'Is A Woman', it's so great.

Flag post? I hardly knew her! (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 16:52 (thirteen years ago)

thirding, "is a woman" is excellent. if you like music stripped down to the bone, it is for you.

alex in mainhattan, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 17:36 (thirteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW3_8Q45xM8

Phibes Kartel (NickB), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 17:37 (thirteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V2yFdNdJU0

Phibes Kartel (NickB), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 17:39 (thirteen years ago)


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