I'm enjoying the hell out of Orville Peck's "Pony". Peter12 posted in the GMG about country music being more inventive than it gets credit for, and Peck proves him right.
He's a Canadian singer/songwriter who wears a fringed mask to hide his identity and sings like a mix between Elvis and Roy Orbison. The themes are classic country (rodeo, life on the prairie, etc) but aren't cliche (mostly).
While he croons on most songs on the album the outlier is "Buffalo Run" which builds to a frenetic finish that reminds me of The Gun Club and X. It's been on repeat for a large part of the day.
He's playing Commonwealth on May 23rd. I have a tough time making it through weekday bar shows but I'm going to suck it up and make sure I see him.
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