Record Store Day has for obvious reasons been really different this year. The event usually happens in April, but this year was pushed back to June, and then later pushed back again and divided over three weekends in August, September, and October. And for the most part, it's been entirely online. The second drop was yesterday, and while i missed out on the reissue of the '90s Black Sabbath tribute "Nativity in Black," i did score the debut 7" from The Unrighteous Brothers. The duo consists of masked country music weirdo Orville Peck and East Texas singer-songwriter Paul Cauthen covering two all-time classics from The Righteous Brothers. It's kind of a silly idea, but also totally awesome. Check out both "Unchained Melody" and "You've Lost that Loving Feeling" below, and look for the record (online) in brick and mortar record stores everywhere.
There's something magical to me about pairing an echoed, reverby shoegaze aesthetic with folk, country, and Americana jams. You can almost see the dust floating in the air, life through over exposed Super-8 film. It's haunting and it's beautiful and it's wonderful, and i am here for it. Anyway, Nevada's Orville Peck (oh how i hope that's someone's real name) makes this kind of psychedelic country and western dreampop, and i need it in my ears now. The "Pony" LP came out back in March on Sub Pop, so i'm just a little behind here, but better late than never. Check out "Kansas (Remembers Me Now)" below and order the record here.
