In the department of spacey alt-country or cosmic American music – or whatever it is we’re calling folk-tinged country-rock these days – Kamara Thomas, the former bass player for indie power trio Earl Greyhound, has dropped a video from her upcoming solo album, Earth Hero, that’s a real stunner.
The song, “You Wreck Me,” has all the languid, atmospheric, space-Americana wooziness you’d expect from acoustic Neil Young, Lucinda Williams or Wrecking Ball-era Emmylou Harris, but Thomas is a terrific singer/songwriter in her own right. While this particular track is more traditionally country than some of the other material on Earth Hero, the entire 7-song album is similarly spare and expansive, intimate and cinematic – and hauntingly nostalgic.
I’ll be offering up a full review soon. For now, enjoy “You Wreck Me.”
This article appears in Jan 23-29, 2013.
