Under the name Phosphorescent, indie country songwriter Matthew Houck has walked a drunken path, wobbling closer to the indie side on some records and slumping more toward the country side on others, with the best example being his 2009 collection of Willie Nelson covers, "To Willie".
With his self-produced sixth album Muchacho - released on March 19, 2013 - Houck returned to some of the experimental textures that marked his early breakthrough album Pride, weaving ambien tones and feral whoops throughout his sometimes shiny, sometimes grizzled Americana. The album was bookended by tracks "Sun, Arise!" and "Sun's Arising," meditative drones with multi-tracked layers of Houck harmonizing with himself, ushering the listener into and out of the record over arpeggiated synth tones and far-off-sounding instrumentation.
The album was preceded by the single, "Song for Zula".
Here are "Sun, Arise!" and "Song for Zula":
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With his self-produced sixth album Muchacho - released on March 19, 2013 - Houck returned to some of the experimental textures that marked his early breakthrough album Pride, weaving ambien tones and feral whoops throughout his sometimes shiny, sometimes grizzled Americana. The album was bookended by tracks "Sun, Arise!" and "Sun's Arising," meditative drones with multi-tracked layers of Houck harmonizing with himself, ushering the listener into and out of the record over arpeggiated synth tones and far-off-sounding instrumentation.
The album was preceded by the single, "Song for Zula".
Here are "Sun, Arise!" and "Song for Zula":
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